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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 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
902 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
903 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
904 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
905 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
906 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
907 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
908 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
909 Rename default Contact form category #4703
910 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
911 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
912 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
913 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
914 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
915 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
916 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
917 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
918 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
919 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
920 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
921 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
922 Create a printable Status Report #5821
923 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
924 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
925 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
926 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
927 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
928 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
929 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
930 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
931 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
932 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
933 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
934 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
935 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
936 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
937 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
938 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
939 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
940 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
941 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
942 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
943 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
944 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
945 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
946 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
947 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
948 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
949 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
950 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
951 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
952 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
953 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
954 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
955 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
956 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
957 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
958 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
959 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
960 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
961 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
962 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
963 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
964 Add layouts into the search index #5128
965 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
966 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
967 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
968 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
969 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
970 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
971 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
972 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
973 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
974 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
975 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
976 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
977 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
978 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
979 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
980 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
981 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081

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