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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] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
902 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
903 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
904 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
905 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
906 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
907 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
908 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
909 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
910 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
911 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
912 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
913 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
914 More useful tags for views #6268
915 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
916 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
917 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
918 Add layouts into the search index #5128
919 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
920 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
921 Comment administration improvements #2919
922 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
923 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
924 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
925 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
926 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
927 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
928 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
929 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
930 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
931 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
932 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
933 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
934 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
935 Better Book navigation links #4879
936 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
937 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
938 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
939 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
940 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
941 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
942 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
943 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
944 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
945 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
946 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
947 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
948 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
949 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
950 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
951 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
952 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
953 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
954 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
955 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
956 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
957 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
958 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
959 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
960 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
961 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
962 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
963 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
964 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
965 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
966 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
967 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
968 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
969 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
970 Allow regions titles #2647
971 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
972 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
973 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
974 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
975 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
976 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
977 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
978 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
979 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
980 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
981 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
982 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
983 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
984 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
985 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
986 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624

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