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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 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
902 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
903 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
904 [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
905 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
906 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
907 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
908 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
909 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
910 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
911 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
912 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
913 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
914 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
915 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
916 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
917 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
918 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
919 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
920 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
921 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
922 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
923 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
924 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
925 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
926 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
927 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
928 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
929 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
930 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
931 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
932 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
933 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
934 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
935 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
936 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
937 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
938 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
939 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
940 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
941 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
942 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
943 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
944 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
945 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
946 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
947 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
948 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
949 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
950 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
951 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
952 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
953 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
954 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
955 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
956 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
957 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
958 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
959 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
960 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
961 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
962 Use config for color module palettes #2554
963 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
964 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
965 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
966 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
967 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
968 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
969 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
970 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
971 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
972 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
973 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
974 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
975 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
976 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
977 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
978 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
979 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
980 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
981 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
982 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182

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