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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 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
902 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
903 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
904 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
905 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
906 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
907 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
908 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
909 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
910 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
911 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
912 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
913 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
914 Apply image style to default picture #4976
915 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
916 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
917 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
918 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
919 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
920 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
921 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
922 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
923 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
924 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
925 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
926 Add a new core theme #5175
927 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
928 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
929 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
930 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
931 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
932 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
933 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
934 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
935 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
936 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
937 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
938 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
939 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
940 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
941 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
942 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
943 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
944 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
945 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
946 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
947 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
948 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
949 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
950 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
951 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
952 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
953 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
954 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
955 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
956 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
957 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
958 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
959 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
960 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
961 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
962 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
963 Redirects write to json files? #4001
964 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
965 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
966 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
967 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
968 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
969 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
970 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
971 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
972 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
973 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
974 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
975 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
976 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
977 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
978 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
979 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
980 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
981 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
982 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
983 Remove syslog module from core #1260

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