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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 an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
902 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
903 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
904 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
905 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
906 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
907 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
908 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
909 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
910 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
911 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
912 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
913 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
914 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
915 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
916 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
917 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
918 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
919 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
920 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
921 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
922 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
923 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
924 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
925 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
926 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
927 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
928 Add global site logo token #5871
929 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
930 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
931 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
932 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
933 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
934 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
935 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
936 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
937 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
938 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
939 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
940 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
941 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
942 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
943 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
944 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
945 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
946 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
947 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
948 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
949 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
950 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
951 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
952 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
953 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
954 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
955 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
956 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
957 Use config for color module palettes #2554
958 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
959 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
960 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
961 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
962 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
963 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
964 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
965 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
966 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
967 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
968 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
969 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
970 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
971 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
972 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
973 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
974 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
975 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
976 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
977 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
978 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
979 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
980 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
981 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452

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