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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 context handling to Views blocks #5995
902 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
903 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
904 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
905 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
906 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
907 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
908 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
909 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
910 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
911 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
912 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
913 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
914 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
915 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
916 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
917 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
918 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
919 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
920 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
921 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
922 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
923 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
924 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
925 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
926 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
927 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
928 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
929 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
930 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
931 [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
932 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
933 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
934 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
935 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
936 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
937 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
938 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
939 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
940 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
941 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
942 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
943 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
944 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
945 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
946 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
947 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
948 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
949 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
950 Use config for color module palettes #2554
951 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
952 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
953 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
954 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
955 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
956 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
957 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
958 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
959 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
960 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
961 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
962 [WP] Media Library #3203
963 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
964 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
965 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
966 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
967 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
968 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
969 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
970 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
971 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
972 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
973 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
974 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
975 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
976 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
977 Cache settings via admin section #1434
978 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
979 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
980 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
981 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
982 [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
983 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937

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