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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] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
902 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
903 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
904 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
905 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
906 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
907 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
908 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
909 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
910 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
911 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
912 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
913 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
914 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
915 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
916 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
917 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
918 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
919 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
920 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
921 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
922 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
923 [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
924 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
925 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
926 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
927 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
928 [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
929 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
930 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
931 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
932 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
933 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
934 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
935 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
936 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
937 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
938 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
939 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
940 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
941 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
942 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
943 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
944 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
945 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
946 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
947 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
948 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
949 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
950 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
951 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
952 Add global site logo token #5871
953 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
954 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
955 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
956 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
957 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
958 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
959 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
960 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
961 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
962 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
963 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
964 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
965 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
966 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
967 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
968 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
969 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
970 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
971 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
972 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
973 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
974 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
975 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
976 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
977 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
978 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
979 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
980 Use config for color module palettes #2554
981 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807

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