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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 permission "Clear log messages" #2242
902 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
903 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
904 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
905 Custom Block contextual link #4390
906 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
907 Allow regions titles #2647
908 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
909 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
910 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
911 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
912 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
913 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
914 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
915 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
916 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
917 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
918 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
919 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
920 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
921 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
922 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
923 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
924 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
925 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
926 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
927 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
928 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
929 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
930 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
931 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
932 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
933 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
934 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
935 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
936 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
937 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
938 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
939 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
940 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
941 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
942 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
943 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
944 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
945 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
946 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
947 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
948 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
949 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
950 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
951 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
952 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
953 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
954 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
955 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
956 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
957 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
958 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
959 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
960 Create a printable Status Report #5821
961 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
962 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
963 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
964 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
965 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
966 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
967 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
968 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
969 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
970 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
971 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
972 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
973 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
974 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
975 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
976 [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
977 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
978 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
979 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
980 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
981 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
982 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
983 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
984 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
985 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
986 Add layouts into the search index #5128

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