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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] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
902 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
903 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
904 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
905 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
906 [D8] Autosave content #3426
907 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
908 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
909 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
910 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
911 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
912 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
913 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
914 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
915 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
916 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
917 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
918 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
919 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
920 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
921 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
922 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
923 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
924 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
925 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
926 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
927 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
928 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
929 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
930 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
931 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
932 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
933 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
934 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
935 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
936 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
937 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
938 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
939 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
940 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
941 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
942 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
943 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
944 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
945 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
946 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
947 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
948 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
949 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
950 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
951 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
952 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
953 Add global site logo token #5871
954 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
955 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
956 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
957 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
958 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
959 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
960 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
961 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
962 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
963 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
964 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
965 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
966 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
967 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
968 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
969 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
970 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
971 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
972 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
973 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
974 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
975 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
976 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
977 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
978 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
979 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
980 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
981 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
982 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
983 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
984 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
985 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
986 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535

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