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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 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
902 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
903 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
904 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
905 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
906 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
907 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
908 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
909 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
910 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
911 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
912 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
913 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
914 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
915 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
916 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
917 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
918 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
919 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
920 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
921 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
922 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
923 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
924 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
925 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
926 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
927 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
928 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
929 Custom Block contextual link #4390
930 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
931 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
932 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
933 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
934 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
935 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
936 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
937 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
938 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
939 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
940 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
941 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
942 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
943 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
944 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
945 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
946 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
947 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
948 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
949 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
950 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
951 More useful tags for views #6268
952 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
953 Use config for color module palettes #2554
954 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
955 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
956 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
957 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
958 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
959 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
960 Apply image style to default picture #4976
961 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
962 Menu router refactoring #2400
963 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
964 [WP] Media Library #3203
965 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
966 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
967 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
968 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
969 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
970 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
971 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
972 Add a new core theme #5175
973 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
974 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
975 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
976 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
977 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
978 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
979 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
980 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
981 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
982 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
983 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958

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