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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 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
902 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
903 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
904 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
905 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
906 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
907 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
908 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
909 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
910 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
911 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
912 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
913 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
914 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
915 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
916 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
917 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
918 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
919 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
920 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
921 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
922 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
923 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
924 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
925 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
926 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
927 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
928 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
929 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
930 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
931 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
932 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
933 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
934 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
935 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
936 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
937 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
938 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
939 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
940 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
941 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
942 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
943 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
944 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
945 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
946 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
947 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
948 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
949 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
950 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
951 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
952 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
953 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
954 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
955 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
956 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
957 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
958 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
959 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
960 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
961 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
962 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
963 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
964 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
965 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
966 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
967 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
968 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
969 Remove syslog module from core #1260
970 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
971 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
972 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
973 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
974 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
975 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
976 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
977 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
978 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
979 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
980 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
981 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
982 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
983 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
984 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
985 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
986 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046

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