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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] Branding and Version info on Installation Screens #1584
902 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
903 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
904 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
905 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
906 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
907 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
908 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
909 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
910 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
911 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
912 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
913 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
914 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
915 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
916 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
917 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
918 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
919 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
920 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
921 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
922 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
923 Redirects write to json files? #4001
924 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
925 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
926 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
927 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
928 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
929 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
930 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
931 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
932 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
933 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
934 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
935 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
936 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
937 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
938 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
939 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
940 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
941 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
942 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
943 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
944 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
945 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
946 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
947 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
948 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
949 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
950 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
951 Custom Block contextual link #4390
952 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
953 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
954 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
955 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
956 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
957 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
958 Create a printable Status Report #5821
959 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
960 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
961 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
962 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
963 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
964 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
965 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
966 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
967 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
968 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
969 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
970 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
971 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
972 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
973 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
974 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
975 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
976 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
977 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
978 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
979 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
980 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
981 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
982 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
983 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271

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