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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] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
902 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
903 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
904 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
905 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
906 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
907 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
908 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
909 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
910 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
911 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
912 More useful tags for views #6268
913 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
914 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
915 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
916 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
917 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
918 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
919 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
920 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
921 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
922 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
923 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
924 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
925 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
926 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
927 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
928 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
929 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
930 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
931 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
932 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
933 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
934 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
935 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
936 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
937 Redirects write to json files? #4001
938 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
939 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
940 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
941 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
942 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
943 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
944 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
945 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
946 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
947 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
948 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
949 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
950 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
951 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
952 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
953 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
954 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
955 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
956 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
957 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
958 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
959 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
960 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
961 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
962 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
963 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
964 Custom Block contextual link #4390
965 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
966 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
967 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
968 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
969 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
970 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
971 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
972 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
973 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
974 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
975 Allow regions titles #2647
976 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
977 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
978 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
979 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
980 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
981 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
982 Allow altering image style urls #5745
983 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
984 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
985 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
986 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992

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