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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 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
602 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
603 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
604 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
605 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
606 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
607 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
608 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
609 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
610 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
611 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
612 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
613 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
614 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
615 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
616 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
617 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
618 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
619 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
620 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
621 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
622 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
623 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
624 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
625 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
626 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
627 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
628 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
629 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
630 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
631 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
632 Allow altering image style urls #5745
633 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
634 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
635 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
636 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
637 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
638 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
639 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
640 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
641 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
642 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
643 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
644 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
645 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
646 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
647 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
648 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
649 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
650 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
651 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
652 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
653 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
654 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
655 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
656 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
657 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
658 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
659 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
660 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
661 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
662 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
663 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
664 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
665 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
666 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
667 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
668 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
669 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
670 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
671 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
672 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
673 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
674 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
675 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
676 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
677 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
678 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
679 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
680 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
681 One click install for digitalocean #5628
682 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
683 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
684 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
685 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
686 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
687 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
688 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
689 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
690 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
691 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
692 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
693 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
694 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
695 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
696 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
697 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
698 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
699 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
700 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021

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