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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 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
902 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
903 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
904 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
905 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
906 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
907 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
908 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
909 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
910 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
911 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
912 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
913 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
914 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
915 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
916 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
917 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
918 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
919 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
920 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
921 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
922 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
923 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
924 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
925 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
926 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
927 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
928 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
929 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
930 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
931 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
932 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
933 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
934 Content creation page cleanup #202
935 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
936 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
937 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
938 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
939 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
940 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
941 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
942 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
943 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
944 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
945 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
946 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
947 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
948 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
949 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
950 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
951 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
952 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
953 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
954 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
955 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
956 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
957 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
958 Apply image style to default picture #4976
959 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
960 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
961 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
962 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
963 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
964 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
965 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
966 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
967 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
968 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
969 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
970 Add a new core theme #5175
971 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
972 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
973 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
974 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
975 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
976 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
977 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
978 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
979 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
980 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
981 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
982 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
983 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
984 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
985 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
986 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666

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