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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] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
902 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
903 Double click prevention #6393
904 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
905 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
906 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
907 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
908 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
909 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
910 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
911 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
912 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
913 Menu router refactoring #2400
914 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
915 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
916 Redirects write to json files? #4001
917 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
918 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
919 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
920 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
921 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
922 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
923 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
924 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
925 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
926 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
927 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
928 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
929 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
930 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
931 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
932 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
933 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
934 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
935 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
936 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
937 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
938 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
939 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
940 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
941 Custom Block contextual link #4390
942 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
943 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
944 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
945 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
946 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
947 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
948 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
949 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
950 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
951 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
952 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
953 Use config for color module palettes #2554
954 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
955 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
956 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
957 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
958 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
959 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
960 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
961 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
962 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
963 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
964 [WP] Media Library #3203
965 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
966 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
967 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
968 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
969 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
970 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
971 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
972 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
973 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
974 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
975 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
976 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
977 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
978 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
979 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
980 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
981 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
982 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
983 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003

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