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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] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
902 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
903 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
904 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
905 Menu router refactoring #2400
906 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
907 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
908 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
909 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
910 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
911 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
912 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
913 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
914 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
915 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
916 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
917 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
918 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
919 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
920 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
921 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
922 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
923 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
924 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
925 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
926 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
927 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
928 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
929 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
930 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
931 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
932 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
933 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
934 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
935 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
936 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
937 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
938 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
939 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
940 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
941 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
942 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
943 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
944 Use config for color module palettes #2554
945 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
946 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
947 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
948 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
949 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
950 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
951 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
952 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
953 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
954 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
955 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
956 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
957 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
958 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
959 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
960 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
961 uuid and entity import / export #890
962 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
963 Mobile first approach theme #4131
964 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
965 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
966 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
967 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
968 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
969 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
970 Add a new core theme #5175
971 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
972 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
973 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
974 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
975 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
976 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
977 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
978 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
979 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
980 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
981 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
982 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
983 [D8] Autosave content #3426
984 Apply image style to default picture #4976
985 [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
986 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788

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