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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 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
902 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
903 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
904 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
905 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
906 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
907 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
908 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
909 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
910 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
911 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
912 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
913 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
914 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
915 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
916 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
917 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
918 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
919 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
920 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
921 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
922 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
923 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
924 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
925 [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
926 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
927 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
928 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
929 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
930 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
931 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
932 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
933 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
934 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
935 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
936 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
937 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
938 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
939 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
940 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
941 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
942 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
943 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
944 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
945 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
946 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
947 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
948 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
949 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
950 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
951 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
952 Add global site logo token #5871
953 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
954 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
955 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
956 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
957 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
958 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
959 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
960 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
961 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
962 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
963 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
964 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
965 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
966 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
967 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
968 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
969 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
970 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
971 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
972 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
973 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
974 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
975 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
976 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
977 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
978 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
979 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
980 'Unused' module detector #5020
981 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
982 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
983 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
984 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
985 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
986 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163

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