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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 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
902 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
903 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
904 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
905 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
906 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
907 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
908 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
909 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
910 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
911 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
912 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
913 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
914 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
915 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
916 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
917 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
918 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
919 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
920 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
921 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
922 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
923 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
924 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
925 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
926 Search terms along with nodes #3850
927 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
928 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
929 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
930 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
931 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
932 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
933 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
934 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
935 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
936 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
937 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
938 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
939 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
940 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
941 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
942 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
943 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
944 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
945 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
946 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
947 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
948 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
949 Add function that returns default config #3251
950 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
951 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
952 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
953 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
954 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
955 Allow altering image style urls #5745
956 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
957 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
958 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
959 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
960 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
961 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
962 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
963 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
964 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
965 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
966 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
967 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
968 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
969 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
970 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
971 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
972 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
973 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
974 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
975 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
976 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
977 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
978 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
979 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
980 Remove syslog module from core #1260
981 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
982 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
983 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
984 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
985 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
986 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207

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