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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 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
902 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
903 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
904 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
905 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
906 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
907 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
908 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
909 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
910 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
911 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
912 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
913 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
914 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
915 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
916 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
917 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
918 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
919 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
920 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
921 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
922 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
923 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
924 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
925 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
926 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
927 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
928 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
929 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
930 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
931 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
932 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
933 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
934 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
935 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
936 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
937 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
938 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
939 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
940 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
941 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
942 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
943 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
944 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
945 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
946 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
947 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
948 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
949 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
950 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
951 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
952 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
953 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
954 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
955 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
956 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
957 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
958 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
959 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
960 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
961 Add a new core theme #5175
962 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
963 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
964 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
965 More useful tags for views #6268
966 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
967 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
968 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
969 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
970 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
971 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
972 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
973 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
974 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
975 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
976 Apply image style to default picture #4976
977 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
978 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
979 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
980 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
981 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
982 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
983 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
984 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
985 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
986 Remove syslog module from core #1260

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