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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 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
902 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
903 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
904 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
905 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
906 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
907 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
908 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
909 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
910 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
911 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
912 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
913 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
914 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
915 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
916 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
917 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
918 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
919 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
920 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
921 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
922 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
923 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
924 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
925 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
926 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
927 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
928 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
929 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
930 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
931 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
932 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
933 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
934 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
935 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
936 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
937 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
938 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
939 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
940 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
941 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
942 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
943 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
944 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
945 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
946 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
947 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
948 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
949 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
950 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
951 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
952 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
953 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
954 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
955 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
956 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
957 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
958 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
959 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
960 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
961 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
962 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
963 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
964 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
965 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
966 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
967 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
968 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
969 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
970 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
971 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
972 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
973 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
974 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
975 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
976 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
977 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
978 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
979 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
980 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
981 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166

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