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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 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
902 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
903 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
904 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
905 [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
906 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
907 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
908 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
909 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
910 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
911 Create a printable Status Report #5821
912 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
913 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
914 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
915 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
916 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
917 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
918 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
919 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
920 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
921 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
922 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
923 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
924 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
925 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
926 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
927 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
928 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
929 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
930 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
931 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
932 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
933 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
934 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
935 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
936 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
937 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
938 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
939 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
940 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
941 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
942 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
943 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
944 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
945 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
946 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
947 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
948 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
949 [WP] Media Library #3203
950 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
951 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
952 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
953 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
954 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
955 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
956 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
957 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
958 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
959 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
960 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
961 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
962 uuid and entity import / export #890
963 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
964 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
965 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
966 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
967 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
968 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
969 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
970 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
971 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
972 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
973 [D8] Autosave content #3426
974 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
975 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
976 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
977 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
978 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
979 [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
980 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
981 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
982 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
983 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
984 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
985 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
986 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938

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