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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] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
902 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
903 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
904 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
905 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
906 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
907 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
908 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
909 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
910 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
911 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
912 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
913 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
914 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
915 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
916 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
917 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
918 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
919 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
920 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
921 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
922 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
923 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
924 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
925 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
926 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
927 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
928 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
929 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
930 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
931 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
932 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
933 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
934 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
935 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
936 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
937 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
938 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
939 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
940 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
941 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
942 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
943 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
944 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
945 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
946 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
947 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
948 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
949 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
950 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
951 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
952 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
953 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
954 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
955 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
956 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
957 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
958 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
959 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
960 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
961 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
962 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
963 [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
964 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
965 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
966 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
967 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
968 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
969 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
970 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
971 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
972 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
973 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
974 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
975 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
976 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
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 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
980 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
981 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
982 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
983 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
984 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
985 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
986 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535

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