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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 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
902 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
903 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
904 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
905 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
906 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
907 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
908 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
909 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
910 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
911 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
912 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
913 Add layouts into the search index #5128
914 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
915 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
916 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
917 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
918 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
919 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
920 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
921 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
922 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
923 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
924 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
925 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
926 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
927 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
928 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
929 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
930 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
931 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
932 Better Book navigation links #4879
933 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
934 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
935 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
936 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
937 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
938 Redirects write to json files? #4001
939 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
940 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
941 uuid and entity import / export #890
942 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
943 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
944 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
945 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
946 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
947 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
948 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
949 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
950 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
951 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
952 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
953 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
954 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
955 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
956 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
957 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
958 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
959 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
960 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
961 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
962 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
963 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
964 Custom Block contextual link #4390
965 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
966 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
967 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
968 [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
969 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
970 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
971 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
972 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
973 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
974 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
975 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
976 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
977 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
978 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
979 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
980 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
981 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
982 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443

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