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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 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
902 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
903 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
904 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
905 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
906 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
907 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
908 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
909 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
910 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
911 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
912 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
913 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
914 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
915 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
916 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
917 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
918 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
919 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
920 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
921 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
922 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
923 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
924 'Unused' module detector #5020
925 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
926 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
927 uuid and entity import / export #890
928 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
929 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
930 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
931 Menu router refactoring #2400
932 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
933 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
934 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
935 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
936 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
937 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
938 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
939 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
940 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
941 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
942 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
943 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
944 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
945 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
946 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
947 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
948 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
949 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
950 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
951 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
952 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
953 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
954 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
955 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
956 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
957 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
958 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
959 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
960 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
961 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
962 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
963 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
964 [D8] Autosave content #3426
965 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
966 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
967 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
968 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
969 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
970 Remove syslog module from core #1260
971 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
972 More useful tags for views #6268
973 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
974 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
975 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
976 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
977 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
978 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
979 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
980 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
981 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
982 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
983 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
984 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
985 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
986 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918

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