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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][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
902 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
903 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
904 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
905 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
906 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
907 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
908 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
909 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
910 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
911 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
912 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
913 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
914 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
915 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
916 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
917 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
918 Comment administration improvements #2919
919 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
920 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
921 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
922 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
923 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
924 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
925 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
926 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
927 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
928 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
929 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
930 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
931 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
932 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
933 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
934 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
935 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
936 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
937 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
938 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
939 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
940 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
941 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
942 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
943 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
944 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
945 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
946 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
947 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
948 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
949 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
950 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
951 Redirects write to json files? #4001
952 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
953 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
954 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
955 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
956 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
957 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
958 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
959 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
960 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
961 Create a printable Status Report #5821
962 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
963 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
964 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
965 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
966 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
967 Allow regions titles #2647
968 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
969 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
970 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
971 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
972 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
973 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
974 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
975 Custom Block contextual link #4390
976 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
977 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
978 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
979 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
980 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
981 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
982 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
983 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
984 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
985 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
986 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924

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