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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 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
602 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
603 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
604 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
605 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
606 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
607 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
608 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
609 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
610 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
611 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
612 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
613 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
614 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
615 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
616 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
617 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
618 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
619 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
620 Rename default Contact form category #4703
621 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
622 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
623 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
624 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
625 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
626 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
627 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
628 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
629 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
630 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
631 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
632 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
633 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
634 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
635 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
636 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
637 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
638 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
639 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
640 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
641 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
642 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
643 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
644 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
645 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
646 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
647 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
648 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
649 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
650 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
651 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
652 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
653 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
654 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
655 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
656 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
657 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
658 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
659 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
660 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
661 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
662 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
663 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
664 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
665 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
666 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
667 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
668 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
669 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
670 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
671 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
672 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
673 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
674 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
675 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
676 Add layouts into the search index #5128
677 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
678 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
679 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
680 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
681 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
682 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
683 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
684 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
685 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
686 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
687 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
688 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
689 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
690 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
691 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
692 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
693 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
694 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
695 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
696 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
697 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
698 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
699 [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
700 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292

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