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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 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
902 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
903 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
904 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
905 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
906 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
907 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
908 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
909 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
910 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
911 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
912 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
913 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
914 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
915 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
916 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
917 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
918 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
919 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
920 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
921 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
922 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
923 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
924 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
925 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
926 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
927 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
928 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
929 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
930 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
931 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
932 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
933 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
934 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
935 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
936 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
937 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
938 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
939 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
940 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
941 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
942 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
943 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
944 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
945 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
946 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
947 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
948 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
949 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
950 Add state_override function to core #4725
951 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
952 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
953 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
954 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
955 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
956 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
957 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
958 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
959 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
960 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
961 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
962 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
963 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
964 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
965 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
966 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
967 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
968 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
969 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
970 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
971 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
972 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
973 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
974 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
975 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
976 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
977 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
978 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
979 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
980 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
981 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
982 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
983 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173

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