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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 Cache settings via admin section #1434
902 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
903 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
904 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
905 [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
906 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
907 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
908 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
909 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
910 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
911 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
912 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
913 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
914 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
915 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
916 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
917 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
918 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
919 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
920 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
921 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
922 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
923 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
924 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
925 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
926 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
927 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
928 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
929 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
930 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
931 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
932 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
933 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
934 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
935 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
936 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
937 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
938 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
939 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
940 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
941 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
942 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
943 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
944 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
945 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
946 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
947 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
948 [WP] Media Library #3203
949 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
950 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
951 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
952 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
953 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
954 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
955 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
956 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
957 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
958 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
959 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
960 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
961 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
962 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
963 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
964 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
965 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
966 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
967 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
968 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
969 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
970 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
971 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
972 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
973 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
974 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
975 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
976 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
977 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
978 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
979 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
980 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
981 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
982 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
983 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
984 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
985 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
986 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155

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