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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] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
902 Showcase core features during install #4138
903 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
904 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
905 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
906 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
907 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
908 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
909 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
910 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
911 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
912 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
913 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
914 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
915 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
916 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
917 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
918 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
919 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
920 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
921 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
922 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
923 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
924 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
925 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
926 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
927 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
928 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
929 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
930 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
931 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
932 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
933 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
934 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
935 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
936 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
937 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
938 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
939 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
940 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
941 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
942 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
943 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
944 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
945 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
946 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
947 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
948 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
949 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
950 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
951 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
952 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
953 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
954 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
955 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
956 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
957 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
958 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
959 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
960 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
961 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
962 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
963 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
964 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
965 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
966 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
967 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
968 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
969 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
970 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
971 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
972 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
973 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
974 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
975 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
976 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
977 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
978 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
979 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
980 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
981 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062

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