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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 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
902 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
903 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
904 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
905 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
906 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
907 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
908 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
909 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
910 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
911 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
912 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
913 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
914 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
915 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
916 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
917 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
918 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
919 Add layouts into the search index #5128
920 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
921 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
922 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
923 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
924 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
925 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
926 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
927 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
928 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
929 Seventy two theme #5928
930 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
931 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
932 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
933 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
934 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
935 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
936 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
937 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
938 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
939 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
940 Better Book navigation links #4879
941 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
942 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
943 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
944 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
945 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
946 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
947 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
948 Content creation page cleanup #202
949 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
950 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
951 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
952 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
953 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
954 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
955 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
956 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
957 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
958 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
959 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
960 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
961 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
962 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
963 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
964 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
965 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
966 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
967 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
968 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
969 Mobile first approach theme #4131
970 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
971 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
972 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
973 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
974 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
975 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
976 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
977 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
978 Cache settings via admin section #1434
979 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
980 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
981 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
982 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
983 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
984 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
985 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
986 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727

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