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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 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
902 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
903 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
904 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
905 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
906 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
907 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
908 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
909 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
910 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
911 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
912 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
913 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
914 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
915 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
916 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
917 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
918 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
919 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
920 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
921 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
922 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
923 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
924 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
925 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
926 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
927 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
928 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
929 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
930 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
931 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
932 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
933 [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
934 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
935 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
936 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
937 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
938 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
939 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
940 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
941 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
942 Use config for color module palettes #2554
943 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
944 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
945 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
946 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
947 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
948 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
949 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
950 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
951 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
952 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
953 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
954 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
955 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
956 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
957 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
958 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
959 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
960 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
961 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
962 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
963 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
964 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
965 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
966 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
967 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
968 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
969 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
970 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
971 Disable unused layout templates #5068
972 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
973 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
974 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
975 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
976 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
977 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
978 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
979 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
980 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
981 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
982 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
983 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
984 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
985 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
986 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097

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