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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
801 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
802 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
803 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
804 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
805 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
806 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
807 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
808 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
809 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
810 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
811 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
812 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
813 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
814 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
815 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
816 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
817 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
818 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
819 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
820 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
821 Add state_override function to core #4725
822 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
823 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
824 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
825 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
826 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
827 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
828 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
829 Add global site logo token #5871
830 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
831 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
832 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
833 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
834 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
835 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
836 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
837 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
838 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
839 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
840 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
841 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
842 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
843 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
844 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
845 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
846 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
847 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
848 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
849 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
850 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
851 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
852 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
853 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
854 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
855 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
856 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
857 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
858 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
859 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
860 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
861 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
862 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
863 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
864 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
865 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
866 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
867 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
868 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
869 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
870 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
871 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
872 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
873 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
874 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
875 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
876 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
877 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
878 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
879 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
880 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
881 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
882 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
883 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
884 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
885 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
886 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
887 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
888 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
889 Redirects write to json files? #4001
890 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
891 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
892 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
893 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
894 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
895 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
896 Add function that returns default config #3251
897 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
898 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
899 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
900 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760

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