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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 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
902 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
903 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
904 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
905 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
906 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
907 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
908 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
909 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
910 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
911 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
912 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
913 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
914 Apply image style to default picture #4976
915 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
916 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
917 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
918 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
919 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
920 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
921 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
922 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
923 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
924 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
925 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
926 Add a new core theme #5175
927 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
928 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
929 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
930 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
931 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
932 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
933 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
934 Seventy two theme #5928
935 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
936 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
937 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
938 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
939 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
940 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
941 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
942 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
943 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
944 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
945 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
946 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
947 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
948 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
949 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
950 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
951 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
952 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
953 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
954 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
955 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
956 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
957 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
958 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
959 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
960 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
961 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
962 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
963 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
964 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
965 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
966 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
967 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
968 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
969 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
970 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
971 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
972 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
973 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
974 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
975 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
976 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
977 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
978 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
979 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
980 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
981 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
982 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
983 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
984 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
985 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
986 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508

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