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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 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
902 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
903 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
904 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
905 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
906 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
907 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
908 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
909 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
910 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
911 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
912 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
913 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
914 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
915 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
916 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
917 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
918 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
919 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
920 Menu router refactoring #2400
921 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
922 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
923 [D8] Autosave content #3426
924 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
925 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
926 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
927 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
928 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
929 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
930 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
931 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
932 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
933 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
934 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
935 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
936 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
937 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
938 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
939 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
940 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
941 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
942 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
943 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
944 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
945 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
946 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
947 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
948 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
949 Create "Current Node" block #5774
950 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
951 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
952 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
953 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
954 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
955 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
956 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
957 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
958 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
959 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
960 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
961 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
962 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
963 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
964 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
965 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
966 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
967 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
968 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
969 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
970 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
971 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
972 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
973 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
974 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
975 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
976 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
977 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
978 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
979 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
980 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
981 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
982 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
983 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
984 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
985 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
986 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107

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