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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 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
902 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
903 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
904 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
905 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
906 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
907 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
908 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
909 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
910 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
911 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
912 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
913 Add layouts into the search index #5128
914 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
915 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
916 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
917 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
918 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
919 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
920 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
921 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
922 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
923 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
924 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
925 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
926 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
927 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
928 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
929 Better Book navigation links #4879
930 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
931 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
932 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
933 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
934 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
935 Redirects write to json files? #4001
936 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
937 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
938 uuid and entity import / export #890
939 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
940 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
941 [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
942 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
943 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
944 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
945 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
946 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
947 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
948 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
949 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
950 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
951 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
952 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
953 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
954 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
955 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
956 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
957 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
958 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
959 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
960 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
961 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
962 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
963 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
964 Custom Block contextual link #4390
965 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
966 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
967 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
968 [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
969 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
970 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
971 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
972 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
973 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
974 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
975 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
976 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
977 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
978 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
979 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
980 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
981 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850

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