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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 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
902 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
903 Better Book navigation links #4879
904 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
905 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
906 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
907 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
908 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
909 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
910 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
911 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
912 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
913 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
914 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
915 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
916 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
917 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
918 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
919 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
920 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
921 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
922 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
923 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
924 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
925 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
926 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
927 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
928 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
929 [D8] Autosave content #3426
930 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
931 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
932 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
933 Create a printable Status Report #5821
934 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
935 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
936 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
937 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
938 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
939 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
940 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
941 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
942 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
943 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
944 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
945 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
946 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
947 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
948 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
949 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
950 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
951 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
952 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
953 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
954 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
955 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
956 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
957 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
958 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
959 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
960 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
961 More useful tags for views #6268
962 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
963 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
964 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
965 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
966 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
967 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
968 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
969 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
970 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
971 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
972 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
973 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
974 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
975 'Unused' module detector #5020
976 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
977 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
978 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
979 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
980 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
981 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
982 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
983 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
984 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
985 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
986 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407

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