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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
701 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
702 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
703 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
704 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
705 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
706 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
707 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
708 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
709 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
710 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
711 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
712 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
713 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
714 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
715 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
716 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
717 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
718 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
719 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
720 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
721 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
722 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
723 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
724 [D8] Autosave content #3426
725 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
726 One click install for digitalocean #5628
727 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
728 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
729 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
730 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
731 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
732 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
733 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
734 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
735 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
736 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
737 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
738 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
739 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
740 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
741 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
742 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
743 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
744 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
745 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
746 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
747 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
748 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
749 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
750 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
751 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
752 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
753 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
754 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
755 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
756 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
757 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
758 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
759 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
760 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
761 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
762 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
763 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
764 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
765 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
766 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
767 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
768 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
769 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
770 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
771 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
772 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
773 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
774 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
775 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
776 Remove syslog module from core #1260
777 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
778 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
779 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
780 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
781 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
782 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
783 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
784 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
785 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
786 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
787 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
788 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
789 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
790 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
791 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
792 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
793 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
794 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
795 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
796 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
797 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
798 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
799 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
800 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103

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