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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 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
902 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
903 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
904 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
905 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
906 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
907 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
908 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
909 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
910 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
911 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
912 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
913 Apply image style to default picture #4976
914 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
915 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
916 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
917 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
918 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
919 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
920 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
921 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
922 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
923 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
924 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
925 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
926 Add a new core theme #5175
927 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
928 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
929 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
930 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
931 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
932 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
933 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
934 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
935 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
936 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
937 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
938 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
939 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
940 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
941 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
942 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
943 Add global site logo token #5871
944 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
945 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
946 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
947 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
948 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
949 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
950 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
951 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
952 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
953 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
954 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
955 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
956 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
957 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
958 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
959 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
960 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
961 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
962 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
963 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
964 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
965 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
966 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
967 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
968 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
969 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
970 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
971 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
972 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
973 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
974 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
975 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
976 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
977 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
978 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
979 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
980 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
981 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
982 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
983 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
984 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
985 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
986 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727

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