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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 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
902 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
903 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
904 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
905 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
906 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
907 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
908 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
909 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
910 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
911 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
912 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
913 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
914 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
915 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
916 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
917 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
918 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
919 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
920 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
921 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
922 More useful tags for views #6268
923 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
924 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
925 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
926 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
927 Apply image style to default picture #4976
928 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
929 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
930 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
931 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
932 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
933 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
934 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
935 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
936 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
937 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
938 Add a new core theme #5175
939 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
940 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
941 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
942 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
943 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
944 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
945 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
946 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
947 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
948 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
949 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
950 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
951 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
952 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
953 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
954 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
955 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
956 Create "Current Node" block #5774
957 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
958 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
959 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
960 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
961 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
962 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
963 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
964 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
965 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
966 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
967 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
968 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
969 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
970 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
971 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
972 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
973 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
974 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
975 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
976 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
977 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
978 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
979 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
980 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
981 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
982 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
983 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
984 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
985 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
986 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160

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