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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] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
902 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
903 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
904 Add a new core theme #5175
905 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
906 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
907 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
908 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
909 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
910 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
911 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
912 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
913 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
914 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
915 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
916 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
917 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
918 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
919 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
920 Apply image style to default picture #4976
921 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
922 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
923 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
924 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
925 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
926 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
927 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
928 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
929 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
930 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
931 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
932 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
933 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
934 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
935 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
936 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
937 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
938 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
939 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
940 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
941 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
942 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
943 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
944 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
945 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
946 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
947 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
948 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
949 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
950 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
951 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
952 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
953 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
954 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
955 Rename default Contact form category #4703
956 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
957 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
958 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
959 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
960 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
961 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
962 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
963 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
964 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
965 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
966 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
967 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
968 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
969 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
970 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
971 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
972 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
973 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
974 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
975 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
976 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
977 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
978 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
979 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
980 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
981 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
982 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
983 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
984 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
985 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
986 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875

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