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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 ability to edit a revision's message #5861
902 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
903 Allow regions titles #2647
904 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
905 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
906 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
907 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
908 Add a new core theme #5175
909 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
910 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
911 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
912 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
913 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
914 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
915 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
916 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
917 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
918 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
919 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
920 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
921 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
922 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
923 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
924 Apply image style to default picture #4976
925 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
926 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
927 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
928 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
929 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
930 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
931 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
932 Add global site logo token #5871
933 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
934 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
935 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
936 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
937 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
938 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
939 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
940 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
941 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
942 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
943 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
944 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
945 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
946 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
947 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
948 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
949 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
950 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
951 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
952 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
953 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
954 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
955 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
956 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
957 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
958 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
959 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
960 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
961 Cache settings via admin section #1434
962 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
963 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
964 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
965 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
966 More useful tags for views #6268
967 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
968 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
969 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
970 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
971 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
972 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
973 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
974 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
975 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
976 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
977 Mobile first approach theme #4131
978 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
979 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
980 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
981 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
982 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
983 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
984 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
985 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
986 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677

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