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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 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
902 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
903 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
904 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
905 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
906 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
907 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
908 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
909 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
910 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
911 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
912 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
913 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
914 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
915 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
916 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
917 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
918 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
919 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
920 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
921 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
922 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
923 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
924 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
925 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
926 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
927 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
928 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
929 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
930 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
931 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
932 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
933 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
934 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
935 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
936 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
937 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
938 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
939 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
940 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
941 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
942 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
943 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
944 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
945 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
946 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
947 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
948 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
949 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
950 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
951 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
952 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
953 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
954 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
955 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
956 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
957 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
958 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
959 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
960 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
961 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
962 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
963 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
964 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
965 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
966 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
967 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
968 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
969 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
970 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
971 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
972 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
973 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
974 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
975 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
976 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
977 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
978 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
979 'Unused' module detector #5020
980 Create a printable Status Report #5821
981 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
982 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
983 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
984 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
985 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
986 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163

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