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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 Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
902 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
903 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
904 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
905 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
906 Allow altering image style urls #5745
907 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
908 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
909 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
910 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
911 [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
912 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
913 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
914 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
915 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
916 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
917 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
918 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
919 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
920 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
921 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
922 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
923 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
924 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
925 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
926 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
927 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
928 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
929 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
930 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
931 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
932 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
933 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
934 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
935 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
936 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
937 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
938 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
939 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
940 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
941 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
942 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
943 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
944 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
945 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
946 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
947 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
948 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
949 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
950 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
951 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
952 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
953 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
954 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
955 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
956 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
957 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
958 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
959 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
960 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
961 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
962 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
963 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
964 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
965 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
966 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
967 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
968 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
969 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
970 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
971 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
972 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
973 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
974 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
975 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
976 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
977 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
978 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
979 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
980 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
981 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
982 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
983 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
984 One click install for digitalocean #5628
985 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
986 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337

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