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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] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
902 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
903 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
904 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
905 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
906 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
907 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
908 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
909 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
910 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
911 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
912 Create a printable Status Report #5821
913 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
914 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
915 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
916 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
917 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
918 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
919 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
920 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
921 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
922 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
923 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
924 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
925 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
926 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
927 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
928 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
929 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
930 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
931 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
932 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
933 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
934 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
935 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
936 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
937 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
938 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
939 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
940 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
941 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
942 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
943 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
944 [WP] Media Library #3203
945 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
946 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
947 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
948 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
949 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
950 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
951 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
952 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
953 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
954 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
955 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
956 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
957 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
958 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
959 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
960 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
961 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
962 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
963 More useful tags for views #6268
964 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
965 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
966 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
967 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
968 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
969 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
970 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
971 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
972 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
973 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
974 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
975 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
976 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
977 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
978 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
979 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
980 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
981 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
982 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
983 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
984 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
985 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
986 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927

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