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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 "Site Category" field to site info #1543
902 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
903 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
904 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
905 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
906 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
907 More useful tags for views #6268
908 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
909 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
910 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
911 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
912 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
913 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
914 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
915 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
916 Mobile first approach theme #4131
917 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
918 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
919 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
920 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
921 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
922 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
923 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
924 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
925 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
926 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
927 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
928 Add state_override function to core #4725
929 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
930 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
931 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
932 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
933 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
934 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
935 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
936 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
937 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
938 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
939 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
940 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
941 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
942 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
943 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
944 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
945 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
946 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
947 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
948 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
949 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
950 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
951 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
952 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
953 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
954 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
955 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
956 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
957 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
958 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
959 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
960 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
961 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
962 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
963 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
964 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
965 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
966 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
967 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
968 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
969 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
970 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
971 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
972 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
973 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
974 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
975 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
976 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
977 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
978 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
979 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
980 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
981 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
982 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172

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