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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] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
902 Content creation page cleanup #202
903 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
904 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
905 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
906 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
907 Rename default Contact form category #4703
908 Seventy two theme #5928
909 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
910 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
911 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
912 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
913 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
914 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
915 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
916 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
917 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
918 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
919 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
920 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
921 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
922 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
923 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
924 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
925 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
926 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
927 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
928 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
929 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
930 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
931 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
932 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
933 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
934 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
935 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
936 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
937 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
938 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
939 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
940 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
941 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
942 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
943 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
944 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
945 Trim textfields? #6386
946 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
947 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
948 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
949 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
950 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
951 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
952 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
953 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
954 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
955 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
956 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
957 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
958 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
959 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
960 Add layouts into the search index #5128
961 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
962 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
963 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
964 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
965 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
966 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
967 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
968 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
969 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
970 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
971 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
972 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
973 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
974 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
975 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
976 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
977 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
978 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
979 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
980 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
981 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
982 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317

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