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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 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
902 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
903 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
904 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
905 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
906 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
907 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
908 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
909 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
910 Cache settings via admin section #1434
911 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
912 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
913 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
914 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
915 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
916 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
917 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
918 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
919 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
920 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
921 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
922 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
923 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
924 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
925 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
926 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
927 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
928 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
929 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
930 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
931 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
932 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
933 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
934 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
935 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
936 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
937 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
938 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
939 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
940 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
941 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
942 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
943 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
944 Better Book navigation links #4879
945 Rename default Contact form category #4703
946 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
947 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
948 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
949 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
950 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
951 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
952 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
953 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
954 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
955 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
956 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
957 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
958 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
959 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
960 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
961 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
962 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
963 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
964 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
965 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
966 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
967 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
968 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
969 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
970 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
971 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
972 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
973 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
974 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
975 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
976 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
977 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
978 [D8] Autosave content #3426
979 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
980 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
981 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
982 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
983 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
984 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
985 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
986 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61

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