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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] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
902 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
903 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
904 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
905 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
906 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
907 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
908 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
909 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
910 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
911 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
912 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
913 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
914 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
915 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
916 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
917 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
918 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
919 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
920 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
921 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
922 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
923 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
924 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
925 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
926 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
927 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
928 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
929 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
930 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
931 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
932 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
933 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
934 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
935 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
936 Add global site logo token #5871
937 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
938 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
939 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
940 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
941 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
942 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
943 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
944 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
945 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
946 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
947 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
948 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
949 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
950 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
951 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
952 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
953 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
954 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
955 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
956 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
957 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
958 [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
959 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
960 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
961 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
962 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
963 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
964 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
965 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
966 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
967 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
968 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
969 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
970 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
971 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
972 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
973 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
974 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
975 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
976 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
977 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
978 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
979 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
980 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
981 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
982 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
983 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
984 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
985 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
986 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677

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