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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
601 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
602 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
603 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
604 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
605 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
606 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
607 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
608 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
609 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
610 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
611 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
612 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
613 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
614 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
615 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
616 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
617 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
618 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
619 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
620 Content creation page cleanup #202
621 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
622 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
623 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
624 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
625 Rename default Contact form category #4703
626 Seventy two theme #5928
627 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
628 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
629 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
630 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
631 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
632 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
633 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
634 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
635 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
636 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
637 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
638 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
639 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
640 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
641 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
642 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
643 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
644 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
645 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
646 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
647 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
648 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
649 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
650 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
651 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
652 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
653 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
654 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
655 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
656 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
657 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
658 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
659 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
660 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
661 Trim textfields? #6386
662 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
663 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
664 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
665 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
666 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
667 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
668 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
669 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
670 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
671 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
672 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
673 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
674 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
675 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
676 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
677 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
678 Add layouts into the search index #5128
679 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
680 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
681 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
682 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
683 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
684 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
685 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
686 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
687 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
688 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
689 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
690 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
691 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
692 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
693 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
694 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
695 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
696 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
697 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
698 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
699 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
700 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644

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