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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] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
902 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
903 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
904 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
905 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
906 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
907 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
908 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
909 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
910 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
911 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
912 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
913 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
914 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
915 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
916 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
917 Add layouts into the search index #5128
918 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
919 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
920 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
921 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
922 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
923 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
924 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
925 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
926 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
927 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
928 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
929 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
930 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
931 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
932 Better Book navigation links #4879
933 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
934 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
935 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
936 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
937 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
938 Redirects write to json files? #4001
939 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
940 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
941 uuid and entity import / export #890
942 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
943 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
944 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
945 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
946 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
947 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
948 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
949 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
950 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
951 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
952 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
953 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
954 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
955 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
956 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
957 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
958 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
959 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
960 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
961 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
962 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
963 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
964 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
965 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
966 Custom Block contextual link #4390
967 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
968 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
969 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
970 [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
971 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
972 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
973 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
974 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
975 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
976 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
977 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
978 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
979 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
980 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
981 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982

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