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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 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
902 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
903 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
904 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
905 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
906 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
907 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
908 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
909 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
910 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
911 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
912 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
913 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
914 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
915 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
916 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
917 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
918 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
919 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
920 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
921 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
922 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
923 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
924 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
925 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
926 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
927 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
928 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
929 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
930 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
931 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
932 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
933 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
934 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
935 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
936 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
937 [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
938 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
939 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
940 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
941 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
942 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
943 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
944 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
945 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
946 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
947 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
948 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
949 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
950 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
951 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
952 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
953 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
954 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
955 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
956 Search terms along with nodes #3850
957 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
958 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
959 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
960 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
961 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
962 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
963 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
964 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
965 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
966 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
967 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
968 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
969 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
970 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
971 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
972 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
973 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
974 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
975 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
976 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
977 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
978 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
979 Cache settings via admin section #1434
980 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
981 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
982 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
983 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159

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