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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
701 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
702 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
703 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
704 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
705 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
706 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
707 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
708 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
709 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
710 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
711 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
712 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
713 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
714 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
715 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
716 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
717 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
718 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
719 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
720 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
721 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
722 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
723 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
724 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
725 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
726 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
727 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
728 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
729 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
730 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
731 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
732 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
733 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
734 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
735 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
736 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
737 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
738 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
739 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
740 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
741 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
742 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
743 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
744 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
745 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
746 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
747 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
748 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
749 Disable unused layout templates #5068
750 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
751 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
752 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
753 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
754 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
755 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
756 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
757 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
758 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
759 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
760 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
761 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
762 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
763 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
764 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
765 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
766 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
767 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
768 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
769 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
770 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
771 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
772 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
773 [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
774 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
775 [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
776 Rename default Contact form category #4703
777 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
778 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
779 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
780 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
781 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
782 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
783 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
784 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
785 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
786 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
787 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
788 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
789 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
790 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
791 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
792 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
793 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
794 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
795 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
796 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
797 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
798 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
799 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
800 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898

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