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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] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
902 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
903 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
904 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
905 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
906 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
907 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
908 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
909 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
910 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
911 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
912 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
913 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
914 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
915 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
916 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
917 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
918 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
919 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
920 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
921 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
922 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
923 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
924 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
925 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
926 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
927 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
928 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
929 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
930 Add function that returns default config #3251
931 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
932 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
933 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
934 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
935 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
936 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
937 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
938 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
939 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
940 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
941 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
942 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
943 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
944 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
945 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
946 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
947 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
948 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
949 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
950 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
951 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
952 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
953 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
954 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
955 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
956 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
957 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
958 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
959 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
960 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
961 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
962 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
963 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
964 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
965 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
966 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
967 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
968 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
969 Menu router refactoring #2400
970 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
971 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
972 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
973 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
974 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
975 Allow altering image style urls #5745
976 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
977 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
978 [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
979 Remove syslog module from core #1260
980 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
981 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
982 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
983 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
984 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
985 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
986 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998

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