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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 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
902 Add layouts into the search index #5128
903 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
904 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
905 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
906 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
907 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
908 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
909 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
910 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
911 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
912 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
913 More useful tags for views #6268
914 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
915 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
916 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
917 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
918 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
919 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
920 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
921 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
922 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
923 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
924 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
925 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
926 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
927 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
928 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
929 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
930 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
931 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
932 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
933 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
934 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
935 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
936 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
937 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
938 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
939 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
940 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
941 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
942 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
943 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
944 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
945 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
946 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
947 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
948 Better Book navigation links #4879
949 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
950 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
951 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
952 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
953 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
954 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
955 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
956 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
957 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
958 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
959 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
960 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
961 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
962 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
963 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
964 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
965 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
966 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
967 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
968 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
969 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
970 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
971 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
972 Allow altering image style urls #5745
973 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
974 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
975 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
976 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
977 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
978 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
979 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
980 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
981 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
982 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
983 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
984 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
985 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
986 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079

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