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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
701 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
702 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
703 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
704 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
705 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
706 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
707 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
708 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
709 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
710 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
711 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
712 [WP] Media Library #3203
713 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
714 [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
715 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
716 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
717 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
718 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
719 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
720 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
721 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
722 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
723 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
724 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
725 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
726 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
727 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
728 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
729 Mobile first approach theme #4131
730 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
731 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
732 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
733 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
734 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
735 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
736 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
737 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
738 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
739 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
740 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
741 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
742 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
743 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
744 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
745 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
746 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
747 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
748 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
749 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
750 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
751 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
752 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
753 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
754 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
755 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
756 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
757 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
758 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
759 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
760 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
761 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
762 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
763 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
764 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
765 [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
766 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
767 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
768 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
769 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
770 Search terms along with nodes #3850
771 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
772 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
773 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
774 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
775 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
776 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
777 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
778 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
779 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
780 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
781 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
782 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
783 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
784 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
785 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
786 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
787 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
788 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
789 Add layouts into the search index #5128
790 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
791 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
792 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
793 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
794 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
795 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
796 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
797 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
798 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
799 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
800 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820

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