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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 attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
902 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
903 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
904 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
905 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
906 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
907 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
908 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
909 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
910 Custom Block contextual link #4390
911 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
912 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
913 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
914 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
915 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
916 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
917 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
918 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
919 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
920 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
921 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
922 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
923 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
924 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
925 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
926 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
927 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
928 Cache settings via admin section #1434
929 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
930 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
931 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
932 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
933 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
934 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
935 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
936 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
937 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
938 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
939 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
940 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
941 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
942 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
943 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
944 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
945 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
946 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
947 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
948 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
949 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
950 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
951 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
952 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
953 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
954 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
955 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
956 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
957 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
958 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
959 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
960 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
961 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
962 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
963 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
964 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
965 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
966 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
967 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
968 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
969 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
970 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
971 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
972 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
973 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
974 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
975 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
976 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
977 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
978 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
979 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
980 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
981 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
982 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
983 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
984 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
985 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
986 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384

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