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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
801 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
802 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
803 Trim textfields? #6386
804 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
805 Create "Current Node" block #5774
806 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
807 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
808 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
809 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
810 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
811 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
812 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
813 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
814 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
815 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
816 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
817 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
818 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
819 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
820 uuid and entity import / export #890
821 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
822 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
823 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
824 [D8] Autosave content #3426
825 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
826 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
827 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
828 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
829 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
830 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
831 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
832 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
833 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
834 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
835 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
836 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
837 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
838 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
839 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
840 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
841 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
842 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
843 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
844 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
845 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
846 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
847 Seventy two theme #5928
848 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
849 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
850 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
851 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
852 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
853 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
854 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
855 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
856 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
857 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
858 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
859 Double click prevention #6393
860 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
861 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
862 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
863 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
864 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
865 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
866 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
867 'Unused' module detector #5020
868 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
869 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
870 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
871 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
872 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
873 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
874 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
875 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
876 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
877 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
878 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
879 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
880 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
881 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
882 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
883 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
884 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
885 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
886 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
887 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
888 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
889 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
890 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
891 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
892 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
893 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
894 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
895 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
896 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
897 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
898 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
899 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
900 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707

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