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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 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
902 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
903 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
904 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
905 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
906 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
907 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
908 [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
909 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
910 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
911 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
912 uuid and entity import / export #890
913 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
914 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
915 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
916 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
917 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
918 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
919 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
920 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
921 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
922 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
923 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
924 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
925 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
926 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
927 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
928 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
929 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
930 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
931 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
932 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
933 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
934 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
935 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
936 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
937 [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
938 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
939 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
940 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
941 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
942 [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
943 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
944 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
945 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
946 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
947 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
948 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
949 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
950 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
951 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
952 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
953 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
954 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
955 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
956 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
957 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
958 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
959 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
960 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
961 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
962 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
963 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
964 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
965 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
966 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
967 Use config for color module palettes #2554
968 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
969 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
970 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
971 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
972 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
973 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
974 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
975 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
976 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
977 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
978 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
979 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
980 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
981 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
982 Allow altering image style urls #5745
983 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304

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