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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 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
902 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
903 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
904 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
905 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
906 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
907 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
908 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
909 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
910 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
911 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
912 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
913 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
914 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
915 Apply image style to default picture #4976
916 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
917 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
918 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
919 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
920 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
921 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
922 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
923 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
924 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
925 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
926 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
927 Add a new core theme #5175
928 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
929 More useful tags for views #6268
930 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
931 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
932 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
933 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
934 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
935 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
936 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
937 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
938 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
939 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
940 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
941 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
942 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
943 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
944 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
945 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
946 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
947 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
948 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
949 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
950 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
951 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
952 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
953 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
954 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
955 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
956 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
957 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
958 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
959 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
960 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
961 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
962 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
963 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
964 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
965 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
966 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
967 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
968 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
969 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
970 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
971 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
972 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
973 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
974 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
975 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
976 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
977 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
978 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
979 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
980 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
981 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
982 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
983 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
984 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
985 Mobile first approach theme #4131
986 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519

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