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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 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
902 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
903 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
904 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
905 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
906 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
907 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
908 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
909 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
910 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
911 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
912 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
913 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
914 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
915 Content creation page cleanup #202
916 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
917 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
918 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
919 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
920 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
921 Rename default Contact form category #4703
922 Seventy two theme #5928
923 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
924 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
925 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
926 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
927 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
928 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
929 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
930 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
931 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
932 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
933 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
934 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
935 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
936 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
937 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
938 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
939 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
940 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
941 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
942 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
943 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
944 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
945 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
946 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
947 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
948 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
949 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
950 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
951 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
952 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
953 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
954 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
955 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
956 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
957 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
958 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
959 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
960 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
961 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
962 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
963 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
964 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
965 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
966 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
967 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
968 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
969 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
970 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
971 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
972 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
973 Add layouts into the search index #5128
974 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
975 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
976 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
977 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
978 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
979 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
980 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
981 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
982 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856

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