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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 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
902 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
903 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
904 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
905 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
906 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
907 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
908 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
909 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
910 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
911 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
912 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
913 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
914 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
915 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
916 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
917 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
918 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
919 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
920 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
921 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
922 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
923 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
924 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
925 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
926 Allow regions titles #2647
927 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
928 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
929 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
930 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
931 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
932 Add state_override function to core #4725
933 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
934 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
935 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
936 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
937 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
938 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
939 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
940 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
941 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
942 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
943 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
944 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
945 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
946 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
947 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
948 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
949 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
950 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
951 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
952 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
953 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
954 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
955 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
956 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
957 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
958 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
959 [D8] Autosave content #3426
960 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
961 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
962 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
963 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
964 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
965 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
966 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
967 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
968 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
969 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
970 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
971 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
972 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
973 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
974 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
975 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
976 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
977 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
978 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
979 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
980 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
981 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
982 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
983 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
984 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
985 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
986 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384

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