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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] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
902 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
903 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
904 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
905 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
906 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
907 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
908 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
909 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
910 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
911 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
912 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
913 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
914 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
915 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
916 Remove syslog module from core #1260
917 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
918 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
919 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
920 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
921 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
922 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
923 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
924 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
925 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
926 Allow altering image style urls #5745
927 [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
928 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
929 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
930 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
931 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
932 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
933 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
934 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
935 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
936 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
937 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
938 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
939 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
940 Use config for color module palettes #2554
941 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
942 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
943 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
944 [UX] Branding and Version info on Installation Screens #1584
945 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
946 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
947 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
948 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
949 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
950 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
951 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
952 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
953 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
954 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
955 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
956 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
957 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
958 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
959 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
960 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
961 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
962 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
963 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
964 Mobile first approach theme #4131
965 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
966 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
967 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
968 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
969 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
970 One click install for digitalocean #5628
971 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
972 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
973 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
974 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
975 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
976 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
977 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
978 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
979 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
980 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
981 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
982 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
983 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
984 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
985 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
986 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758

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