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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 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
902 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
903 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
904 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
905 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
906 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
907 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
908 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
909 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
910 Add layouts into the search index #5128
911 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
912 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
913 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
914 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
915 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
916 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
917 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
918 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
919 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
920 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
921 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
922 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
923 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
924 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
925 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
926 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
927 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
928 Better Book navigation links #4879
929 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
930 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
931 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
932 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
933 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
934 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
935 Redirects write to json files? #4001
936 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
937 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
938 uuid and entity import / export #890
939 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
940 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
941 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
942 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
943 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
944 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
945 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
946 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
947 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
948 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
949 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
950 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
951 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
952 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
953 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
954 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
955 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
956 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
957 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
958 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
959 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
960 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
961 Custom Block contextual link #4390
962 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
963 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
964 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
965 [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
966 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
967 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
968 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
969 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
970 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
971 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
972 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
973 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
974 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
975 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
976 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
977 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
978 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
979 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
980 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
981 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
982 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501

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