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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 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
902 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
903 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
904 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
905 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
906 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
907 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
908 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
909 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
910 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
911 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
912 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
913 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
914 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
915 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
916 [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
917 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
918 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
919 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
920 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
921 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
922 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
923 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
924 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
925 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
926 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
927 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
928 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
929 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
930 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
931 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
932 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
933 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
934 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
935 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
936 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
937 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
938 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
939 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
940 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
941 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
942 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
943 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
944 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
945 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
946 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
947 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
948 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
949 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
950 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
951 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
952 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
953 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
954 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
955 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
956 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
957 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
958 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
959 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
960 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
961 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
962 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
963 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
964 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
965 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
966 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
967 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
968 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
969 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
970 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
971 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
972 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
973 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
974 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
975 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
976 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
977 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
978 [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
979 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
980 Add layouts into the search index #5128
981 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
982 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
983 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
984 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
985 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
986 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061

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