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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 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
902 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
903 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
904 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
905 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
906 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
907 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
908 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
909 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
910 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
911 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
912 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
913 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
914 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
915 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
916 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
917 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
918 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
919 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
920 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
921 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
922 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
923 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
924 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
925 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
926 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
927 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
928 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
929 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
930 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
931 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
932 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
933 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
934 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
935 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
936 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
937 Seventy two theme #5928
938 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
939 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
940 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
941 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
942 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
943 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
944 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
945 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
946 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
947 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
948 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
949 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
950 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
951 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
952 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
953 [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
954 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
955 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
956 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
957 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
958 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
959 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
960 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
961 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
962 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
963 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
964 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
965 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
966 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
967 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
968 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
969 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
970 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
971 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
972 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
973 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
974 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
975 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
976 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
977 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
978 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
979 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
980 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
981 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
982 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
983 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
984 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
985 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
986 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993

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