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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 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
902 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
903 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
904 Rename default Contact form category #4703
905 Seventy two theme #5928
906 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
907 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
908 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
909 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
910 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
911 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
912 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
913 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
914 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
915 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
916 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
917 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
918 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
919 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
920 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
921 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
922 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
923 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
924 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
925 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
926 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
927 Content creation page cleanup #202
928 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
929 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
930 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
931 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
932 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
933 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
934 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
935 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
936 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
937 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
938 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
939 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
940 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
941 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
942 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
943 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
944 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
945 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
946 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
947 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
948 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
949 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
950 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
951 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
952 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
953 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
954 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
955 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
956 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
957 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
958 Add layouts into the search index #5128
959 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
960 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
961 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
962 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
963 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
964 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
965 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
966 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
967 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
968 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
969 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
970 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
971 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
972 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
973 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
974 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
975 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
976 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
977 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
978 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
979 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
980 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
981 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
982 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915

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