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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] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
902 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
903 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
904 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
905 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
906 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
907 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
908 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
909 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
910 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
911 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
912 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
913 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
914 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
915 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
916 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
917 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
918 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
919 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
920 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
921 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
922 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
923 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
924 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
925 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
926 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
927 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
928 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
929 Rename default Contact form category #4703
930 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
931 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
932 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
933 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
934 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
935 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
936 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
937 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
938 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
939 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
940 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
941 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
942 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
943 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
944 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
945 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
946 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
947 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
948 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
949 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
950 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
951 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
952 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
953 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
954 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
955 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
956 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
957 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
958 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
959 [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
960 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
961 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
962 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
963 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
964 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
965 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
966 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
967 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
968 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
969 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
970 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
971 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
972 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
973 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
974 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
975 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
976 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
977 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
978 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
979 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
980 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
981 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
982 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
983 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
984 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
985 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
986 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772

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