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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 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
902 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
903 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
904 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
905 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
906 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
907 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
908 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
909 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
910 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
911 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
912 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
913 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
914 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
915 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
916 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
917 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
918 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
919 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
920 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
921 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
922 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
923 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
924 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
925 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
926 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
927 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
928 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
929 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
930 Mobile first approach theme #4131
931 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
932 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
933 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
934 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
935 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
936 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
937 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
938 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
939 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
940 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
941 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
942 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
943 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
944 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
945 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
946 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
947 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
948 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
949 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
950 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
951 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
952 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
953 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
954 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
955 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
956 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
957 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
958 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
959 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
960 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
961 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
962 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
963 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
964 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
965 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
966 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
967 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
968 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
969 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
970 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
971 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
972 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
973 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
974 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
975 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
976 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
977 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
978 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
979 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
980 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
981 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
982 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
983 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
984 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
985 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
986 [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

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