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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 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
902 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
903 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
904 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
905 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
906 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
907 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
908 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
909 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
910 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
911 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
912 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
913 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
914 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
915 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
916 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
917 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
918 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
919 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
920 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
921 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
922 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
923 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
924 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
925 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
926 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
927 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
928 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
929 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
930 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
931 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
932 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
933 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
934 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
935 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
936 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
937 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
938 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
939 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
940 Seventy two theme #5928
941 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
942 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
943 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
944 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
945 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
946 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
947 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
948 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
949 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
950 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
951 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
952 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
953 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
954 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
955 [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
956 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
957 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
958 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
959 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
960 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
961 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
962 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
963 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
964 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
965 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
966 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
967 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
968 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
969 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
970 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
971 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
972 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
973 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
974 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
975 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
976 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
977 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
978 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
979 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
980 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
981 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
982 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
983 [D8] Autosave content #3426
984 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
985 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
986 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993

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