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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 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
902 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
903 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
904 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
905 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
906 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
907 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
908 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
909 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
910 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
911 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
912 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
913 Create "Current Node" block #5774
914 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
915 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
916 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
917 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
918 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
919 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
920 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
921 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
922 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
923 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
924 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
925 Comment administration improvements #2919
926 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
927 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
928 uuid and entity import / export #890
929 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
930 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
931 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
932 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
933 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
934 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
935 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
936 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
937 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
938 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
939 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
940 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
941 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
942 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
943 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
944 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
945 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
946 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
947 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
948 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
949 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
950 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
951 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
952 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
953 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
954 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
955 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
956 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
957 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
958 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
959 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
960 Seventy two theme #5928
961 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
962 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
963 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
964 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
965 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
966 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
967 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
968 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
969 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
970 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
971 Allow regions titles #2647
972 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
973 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
974 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
975 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
976 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
977 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
978 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
979 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
980 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
981 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
982 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
983 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667

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