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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] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
902 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
903 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
904 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
905 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
906 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
907 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
908 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
909 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
910 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
911 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
912 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
913 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
914 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
915 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
916 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
917 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
918 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
919 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
920 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
921 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
922 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
923 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
924 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
925 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
926 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
927 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
928 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
929 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
930 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
931 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
932 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
933 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
934 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
935 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
936 Add state_override function to core #4725
937 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
938 Allow altering image style urls #5745
939 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
940 [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
941 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
942 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
943 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
944 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
945 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
946 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
947 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
948 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
949 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
950 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
951 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
952 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
953 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
954 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
955 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
956 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
957 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
958 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
959 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
960 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
961 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
962 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
963 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
964 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
965 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
966 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
967 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
968 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
969 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
970 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
971 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
972 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
973 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
974 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
975 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
976 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
977 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
978 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
979 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
980 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
981 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
982 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
983 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230

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