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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 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
902 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
903 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
904 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
905 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
906 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
907 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
908 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
909 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
910 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
911 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
912 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
913 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
914 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
915 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
916 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
917 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
918 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
919 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
920 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
921 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
922 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
923 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
924 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
925 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
926 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
927 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
928 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
929 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
930 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
931 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
932 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
933 Showcase core features during install #4138
934 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
935 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
936 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
937 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
938 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
939 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
940 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
941 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
942 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
943 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
944 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
945 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
946 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
947 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
948 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
949 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
950 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
951 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
952 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
953 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
954 [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
955 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
956 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
957 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
958 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
959 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
960 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
961 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
962 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
963 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
964 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
965 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
966 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
967 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
968 Cache settings via admin section #1434
969 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
970 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
971 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
972 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
973 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
974 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
975 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
976 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
977 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
978 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
979 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
980 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
981 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
982 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
983 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
984 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
985 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
986 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248

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