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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 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
902 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
903 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
904 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
905 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
906 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
907 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
908 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
909 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
910 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
911 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
912 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
913 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
914 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
915 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
916 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
917 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
918 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
919 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
920 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
921 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
922 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
923 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
924 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
925 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
926 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
927 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
928 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
929 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
930 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
931 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
932 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
933 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
934 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
935 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
936 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
937 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
938 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
939 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
940 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
941 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
942 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
943 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
944 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
945 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
946 Rename default Contact form category #4703
947 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
948 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
949 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
950 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
951 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
952 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
953 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
954 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
955 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
956 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
957 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
958 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
959 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
960 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
961 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
962 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
963 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
964 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
965 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
966 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
967 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
968 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
969 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
970 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
971 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
972 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
973 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
974 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
975 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
976 Create a printable Status Report #5821
977 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
978 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
979 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
980 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
981 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
982 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
983 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
984 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
985 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
986 Disable unused layout templates #5068

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