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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 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
902 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
903 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
904 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
905 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
906 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
907 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
908 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
909 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
910 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
911 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
912 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
913 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
914 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
915 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
916 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
917 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
918 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
919 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
920 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
921 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
922 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
923 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
924 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
925 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
926 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
927 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
928 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
929 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
930 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
931 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
932 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
933 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
934 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
935 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
936 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
937 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
938 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
939 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
940 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
941 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
942 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
943 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
944 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
945 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
946 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
947 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
948 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
949 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
950 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
951 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
952 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
953 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
954 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
955 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
956 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
957 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
958 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
959 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
960 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
961 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
962 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
963 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
964 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
965 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
966 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
967 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
968 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
969 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
970 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
971 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
972 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
973 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
974 Remove syslog module from core #1260
975 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
976 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
977 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
978 Add layouts into the search index #5128
979 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
980 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
981 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
982 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
983 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
984 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
985 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
986 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185

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