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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 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
902 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
903 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
904 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
905 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
906 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
907 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
908 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
909 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
910 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
911 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
912 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
913 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
914 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
915 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
916 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
917 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
918 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
919 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
920 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
921 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
922 'Unused' module detector #5020
923 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
924 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
925 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
926 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
927 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
928 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
929 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
930 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
931 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
932 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
933 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
934 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
935 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
936 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
937 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
938 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
939 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
940 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
941 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
942 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
943 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
944 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
945 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
946 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
947 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
948 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
949 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
950 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
951 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
952 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
953 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
954 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
955 Showcase core features during install #4138
956 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
957 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
958 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
959 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
960 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
961 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
962 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
963 Allow altering image style urls #5745
964 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
965 [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
966 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
967 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
968 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
969 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
970 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
971 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
972 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
973 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
974 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
975 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
976 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
977 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
978 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
979 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
980 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
981 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
982 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
983 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
984 More useful tags for views #6268
985 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
986 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993

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