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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 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
902 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
903 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
904 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
905 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
906 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
907 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
908 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
909 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
910 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
911 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
912 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
913 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
914 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
915 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
916 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
917 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
918 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
919 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
920 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
921 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
922 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
923 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
924 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
925 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
926 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
927 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
928 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
929 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
930 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
931 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
932 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
933 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
934 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
935 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
936 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
937 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
938 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
939 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
940 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
941 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
942 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
943 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
944 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
945 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
946 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
947 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
948 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
949 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
950 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
951 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
952 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
953 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
954 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
955 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
956 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
957 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
958 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
959 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
960 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
961 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
962 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
963 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
964 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
965 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
966 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
967 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
968 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
969 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
970 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
971 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
972 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
973 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
974 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
975 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
976 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
977 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
978 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
979 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
980 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
981 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
982 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
983 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
984 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
985 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
986 Make new field labels visible by default #6192

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