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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 taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
902 Custom Block contextual link #4390
903 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
904 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
905 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
906 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
907 Remove syslog module from core #1260
908 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
909 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
910 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
911 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
912 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
913 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
914 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
915 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
916 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
917 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
918 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
919 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
920 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
921 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
922 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
923 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
924 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
925 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
926 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
927 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
928 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
929 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
930 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
931 [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
932 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
933 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
934 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
935 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
936 Use config for color module palettes #2554
937 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
938 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
939 [UX] Branding and Version info on Installation Screens #1584
940 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
941 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
942 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
943 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
944 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
945 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
946 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
947 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
948 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
949 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
950 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
951 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
952 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
953 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
954 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
955 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
956 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
957 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
958 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
959 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
960 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
961 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
962 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
963 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
964 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
965 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
966 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
967 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
968 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
969 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
970 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
971 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
972 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
973 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
974 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
975 Create a printable Status Report #5821
976 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
977 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
978 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
979 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
980 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
981 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
982 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
983 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
984 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
985 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
986 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101

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