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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 Menu router refactoring #2400
902 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
903 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
904 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
905 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
906 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
907 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
908 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
909 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
910 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
911 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
912 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
913 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
914 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
915 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
916 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
917 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
918 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
919 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
920 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
921 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
922 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
923 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
924 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
925 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
926 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
927 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
928 Create a printable Status Report #5821
929 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
930 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
931 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
932 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
933 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
934 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
935 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
936 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
937 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
938 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
939 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
940 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
941 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
942 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
943 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
944 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
945 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
946 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
947 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
948 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
949 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
950 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
951 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
952 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
953 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
954 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
955 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
956 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
957 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
958 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
959 'Unused' module detector #5020
960 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
961 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
962 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
963 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
964 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
965 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
966 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
967 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
968 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
969 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
970 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
971 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
972 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
973 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
974 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
975 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
976 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
977 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
978 [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
979 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
980 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
981 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
982 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
983 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
984 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
985 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
986 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769

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