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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] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
902 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
903 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
904 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
905 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
906 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
907 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
908 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
909 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
910 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
911 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
912 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
913 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
914 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
915 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
916 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
917 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
918 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
919 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
920 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
921 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
922 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
923 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
924 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
925 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
926 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
927 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
928 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
929 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
930 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
931 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
932 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
933 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
934 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
935 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
936 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
937 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
938 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
939 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
940 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
941 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
942 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
943 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
944 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
945 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
946 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
947 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
948 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
949 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
950 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
951 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
952 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
953 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
954 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
955 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
956 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
957 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
958 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
959 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
960 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
961 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
962 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
963 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
964 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
965 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
966 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
967 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
968 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
969 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
970 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
971 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
972 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
973 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
974 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
975 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
976 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
977 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
978 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
979 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
980 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
981 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
982 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
983 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
984 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
985 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
986 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539

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