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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] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
902 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
903 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
904 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
905 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
906 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
907 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
908 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
909 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
910 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
911 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
912 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
913 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
914 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
915 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
916 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
917 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
918 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
919 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
920 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
921 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
922 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
923 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
924 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
925 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
926 Add global site logo token #5871
927 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
928 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
929 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
930 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
931 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
932 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
933 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
934 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
935 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
936 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
937 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
938 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
939 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
940 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
941 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
942 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
943 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
944 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
945 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
946 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
947 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
948 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
949 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
950 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
951 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
952 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
953 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
954 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
955 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
956 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
957 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
958 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
959 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
960 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
961 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
962 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
963 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
964 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
965 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
966 Search terms along with nodes #3850
967 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
968 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
969 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
970 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
971 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
972 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
973 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
974 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
975 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
976 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
977 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
978 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
979 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
980 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
981 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
982 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
983 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
984 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
985 [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
986 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
987 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
988 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
989 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966

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