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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] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
902 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
903 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
904 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
905 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
906 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
907 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
908 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
909 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
910 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
911 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
912 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
913 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
914 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
915 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
916 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
917 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
918 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
919 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
920 'Unused' module detector #5020
921 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
922 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
923 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
924 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
925 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
926 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
927 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
928 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
929 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
930 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
931 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
932 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
933 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
934 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
935 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
936 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
937 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
938 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
939 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
940 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
941 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
942 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
943 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
944 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
945 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
946 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
947 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
948 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
949 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
950 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
951 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
952 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
953 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
954 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
955 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
956 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
957 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
958 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
959 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
960 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
961 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
962 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
963 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
964 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
965 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
966 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
967 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
968 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
969 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
970 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
971 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
972 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
973 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
974 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
975 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
976 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
977 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
978 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
979 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
980 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
981 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
982 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
983 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
984 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
985 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
986 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342

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