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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 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
902 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
903 [UX] Branding and Version info on Installation Screens #1584
904 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
905 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
906 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
907 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
908 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
909 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
910 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
911 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
912 'Unused' module detector #5020
913 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
914 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
915 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
916 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
917 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
918 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
919 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
920 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
921 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
922 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
923 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
924 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
925 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
926 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
927 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
928 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
929 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
930 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
931 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
932 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
933 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
934 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
935 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
936 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
937 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
938 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
939 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
940 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
941 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
942 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
943 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
944 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
945 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
946 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
947 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
948 Showcase core features during install #4138
949 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
950 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
951 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
952 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
953 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
954 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
955 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
956 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
957 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
958 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
959 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
960 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
961 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
962 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
963 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
964 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
965 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
966 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
967 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
968 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
969 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
970 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
971 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
972 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
973 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
974 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
975 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
976 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
977 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
978 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
979 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
980 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
981 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
982 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
983 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632

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