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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 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
602 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
603 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
604 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
605 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
606 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
607 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
608 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
609 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
610 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
611 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
612 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
613 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
614 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
615 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
616 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
617 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
618 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
619 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
620 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
621 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
622 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
623 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
624 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
625 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
626 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
627 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
628 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
629 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
630 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
631 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
632 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
633 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
634 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
635 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
636 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
637 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
638 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
639 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
640 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
641 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
642 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
643 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
644 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
645 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
646 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
647 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
648 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
649 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
650 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
651 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
652 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
653 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
654 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
655 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
656 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
657 Redirects write to json files? #4001
658 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
659 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
660 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
661 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
662 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
663 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
664 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
665 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
666 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
667 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
668 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
669 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
670 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
671 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
672 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
673 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
674 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
675 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
676 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
677 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
678 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
679 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
680 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
681 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
682 Remove syslog module from core #1260
683 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
684 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
685 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
686 Custom Block contextual link #4390
687 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
688 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
689 Allow altering image style urls #5745
690 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
691 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
692 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
693 [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
694 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
695 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
696 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
697 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
698 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
699 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
700 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866

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