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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 More useful tags for views #6268
902 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
903 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
904 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
905 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
906 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
907 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
908 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
909 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
910 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
911 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
912 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
913 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
914 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
915 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
916 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
917 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
918 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
919 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
920 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
921 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
922 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
923 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
924 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
925 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
926 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
927 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
928 Allow regions titles #2647
929 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
930 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
931 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
932 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
933 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
934 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
935 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
936 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
937 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
938 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
939 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
940 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
941 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
942 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
943 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
944 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
945 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
946 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
947 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
948 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
949 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
950 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
951 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
952 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
953 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
954 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
955 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
956 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
957 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
958 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
959 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
960 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
961 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
962 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
963 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
964 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
965 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
966 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
967 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
968 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
969 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
970 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
971 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
972 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
973 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
974 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
975 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
976 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
977 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
978 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
979 One click install for digitalocean #5628
980 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
981 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
982 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
983 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
984 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
985 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
986 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892

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