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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 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
902 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
903 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
904 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
905 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
906 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
907 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
908 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
909 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
910 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
911 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
912 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
913 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
914 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
915 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
916 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
917 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
918 Allow altering image style urls #5745
919 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
920 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
921 [D8] Autosave content #3426
922 [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
923 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
924 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
925 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
926 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
927 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
928 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
929 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
930 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
931 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
932 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
933 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
934 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
935 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
936 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
937 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
938 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
939 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
940 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
941 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
942 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
943 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
944 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
945 Redirects write to json files? #4001
946 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
947 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
948 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
949 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
950 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
951 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
952 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
953 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
954 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
955 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
956 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
957 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
958 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
959 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
960 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
961 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
962 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
963 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
964 One click install for digitalocean #5628
965 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
966 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
967 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
968 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
969 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
970 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
971 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
972 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
973 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
974 Custom Block contextual link #4390
975 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
976 Add layouts into the search index #5128
977 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
978 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
979 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
980 uuid and entity import / export #890
981 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
982 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
983 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
984 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
985 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
986 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993

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