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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 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
902 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
903 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
904 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
905 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
906 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
907 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
908 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
909 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
910 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
911 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
912 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
913 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
914 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
915 Add layouts into the search index #5128
916 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
917 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
918 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
919 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
920 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
921 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
922 [D8] Introduce a new example.local.settings.php file #4173
923 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
924 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
925 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
926 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
927 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
928 [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
929 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
930 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
931 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
932 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
933 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
934 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
935 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
936 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
937 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
938 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
939 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
940 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
941 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
942 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
943 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
944 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
945 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
946 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
947 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
948 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
949 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
950 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
951 Mobile first approach theme #4131
952 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
953 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
954 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
955 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
956 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
957 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
958 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
959 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
960 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
961 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
962 Better Book navigation links #4879
963 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
964 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
965 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
966 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
967 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
968 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
969 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
970 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
971 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
972 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
973 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
974 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
975 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
976 More useful tags for views #6268
977 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
978 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
979 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
980 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
981 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
982 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
983 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
984 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
985 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
986 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
987 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
988 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
989 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
990 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
991 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable #1403

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