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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
501 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
502 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
503 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
504 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
505 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
506 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
507 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
508 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
509 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
510 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
511 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
512 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
513 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
514 One click install for digitalocean #5628
515 [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
516 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
517 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
518 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
519 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
520 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
521 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
522 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
523 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
524 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
525 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
526 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
527 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
528 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
529 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
530 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
531 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
532 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
533 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
534 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
535 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
536 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
537 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
538 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
539 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
540 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
541 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
542 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
543 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
544 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
545 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
546 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
547 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
548 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
549 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
550 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
551 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
552 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
553 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
554 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
555 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
556 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
557 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
558 [WP] Media Library #3203
559 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
560 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
561 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
562 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
563 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
564 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
565 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
566 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
567 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
568 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
569 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
570 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
571 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
572 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
573 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
574 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
575 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
576 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
577 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
578 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
579 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
580 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
581 Add layouts into the search index #5128
582 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
583 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
584 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
585 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
586 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
587 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
588 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
589 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
590 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
591 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
592 Showcase core features during install #4138
593 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
594 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
595 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
596 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
597 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
598 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
599 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
600 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129

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