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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 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
902 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
903 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
904 Content creation page cleanup #202
905 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
906 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
907 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
908 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
909 Rename default Contact form category #4703
910 Seventy two theme #5928
911 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
912 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
913 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
914 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
915 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
916 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
917 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
918 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
919 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
920 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
921 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
922 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
923 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
924 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
925 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
926 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
927 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
928 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
929 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
930 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
931 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
932 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
933 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
934 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
935 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
936 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
937 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
938 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
939 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
940 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
941 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
942 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
943 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
944 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
945 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
946 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
947 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
948 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
949 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
950 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
951 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
952 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
953 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
954 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
955 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
956 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
957 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
958 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
959 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
960 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
961 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
962 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
963 Add layouts into the search index #5128
964 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
965 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
966 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
967 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
968 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
969 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
970 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
971 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
972 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
973 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
974 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
975 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
976 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
977 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
978 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
979 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
980 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
981 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
982 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673

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