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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] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
902 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
903 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
904 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
905 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
906 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
907 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
908 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
909 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
910 Add a new core theme #5175
911 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
912 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
913 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
914 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
915 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
916 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
917 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
918 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
919 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
920 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
921 [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
922 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
923 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
924 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
925 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
926 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
927 Apply image style to default picture #4976
928 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
929 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
930 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
931 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
932 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
933 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
934 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
935 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
936 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
937 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
938 Use config for color module palettes #2554
939 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
940 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
941 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
942 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
943 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
944 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
945 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
946 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
947 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
948 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
949 [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
950 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
951 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
952 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
953 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
954 Add global site logo token #5871
955 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
956 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
957 [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
958 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
959 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
960 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
961 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
962 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
963 Cache settings via admin section #1434
964 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
965 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
966 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
967 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
968 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
969 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
970 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
971 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
972 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
973 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
974 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
975 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
976 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
977 Mobile first approach theme #4131
978 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
979 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
980 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
981 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
982 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
983 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
984 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
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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