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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 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
902 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
903 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
904 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
905 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
906 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
907 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
908 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
909 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
910 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
911 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
912 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
913 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
914 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
915 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
916 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
917 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
918 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
919 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
920 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
921 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
922 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
923 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
924 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
925 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
926 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
927 uuid and entity import / export #890
928 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
929 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
930 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
931 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
932 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
933 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
934 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
935 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
936 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
937 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
938 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
939 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
940 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
941 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
942 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
943 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
944 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
945 Add state_override function to core #4725
946 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
947 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
948 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
949 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
950 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
951 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
952 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
953 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
954 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
955 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
956 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
957 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
958 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
959 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
960 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
961 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
962 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
963 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
964 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
965 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
966 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
967 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
968 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
969 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
970 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
971 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
972 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
973 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
974 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
975 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
976 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
977 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
978 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
979 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
980 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
981 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
982 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
983 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
984 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
985 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
986 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918

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