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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 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
902 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
903 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
904 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
905 [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
906 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
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 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
912 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
913 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
914 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
915 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
916 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
917 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
918 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
919 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
920 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
921 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
922 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
923 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
924 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
925 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
926 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
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 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
930 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
931 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
932 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
933 Add global site logo token #5871
934 [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
935 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
936 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
937 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
938 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
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 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
944 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
945 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
946 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
947 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
948 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
949 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
950 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
951 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
952 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
953 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
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 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
957 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
958 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
959 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
960 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
961 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
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 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
965 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
966 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
967 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
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 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
971 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
972 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
973 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
974 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
975 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
976 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
977 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
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 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
981 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824

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