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These are features that you would most like to see included in future releases of Backdrop CMS.  All the issues you see here are issues tagged with the label "type - feature request" from the Backdrop CMS core issue queue. 

# GitHub Issue title Issue # Vote for this feature # of votes
901 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
902 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
903 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
904 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
905 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
906 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
907 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
908 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
909 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
910 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
911 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
912 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
913 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
914 Create a printable Status Report #5821
915 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
916 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
917 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
918 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
919 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
920 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
921 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
922 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
923 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
924 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
925 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
926 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
927 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
928 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
929 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
930 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
931 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
932 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
933 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
934 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
935 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
936 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
937 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
938 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
939 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
940 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
941 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
942 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
943 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
944 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
945 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
946 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
947 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
948 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
949 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
950 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
951 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
952 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
953 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
954 Rename default Contact form category #4703
955 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
956 Add function that returns default config #3251
957 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
958 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
959 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
960 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
961 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
962 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
963 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
964 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
965 [D8] Autosave content #3426
966 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
967 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
968 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
969 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
970 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
971 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
972 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
973 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
974 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
975 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
976 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
977 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
978 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
979 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
980 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
981 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
982 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
983 'Unused' module detector #5020
984 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232

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