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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 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
902 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
903 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
904 Mobile first approach theme #4131
905 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
906 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
907 [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
908 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
909 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
910 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
911 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
912 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
913 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
914 Disable unused layout templates #5068
915 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
916 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
917 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
918 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
919 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
920 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
921 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
922 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
923 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
924 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
925 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
926 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
927 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
928 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
929 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
930 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
931 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
932 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
933 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
934 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
935 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
936 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
937 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
938 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
939 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
940 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
941 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
942 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
943 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
944 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
945 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
946 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
947 [WP] Media Library #3203
948 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
949 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
950 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
951 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
952 [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
953 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
954 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
955 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
956 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
957 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
958 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
959 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
960 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
961 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
962 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
963 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
964 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
965 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
966 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
967 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
968 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
969 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
970 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
971 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
972 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
973 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
974 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
975 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
976 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
977 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
978 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
979 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
980 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
981 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
982 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
983 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
984 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
985 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
986 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531

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