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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 default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
602 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
603 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
604 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
605 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
606 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
607 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
608 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
609 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
610 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
611 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
612 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
613 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
614 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
615 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
616 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
617 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
618 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
619 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
620 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
621 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
622 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
623 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
624 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
625 Comment administration improvements #2919
626 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
627 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
628 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
629 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
630 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
631 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
632 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
633 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
634 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
635 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
636 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
637 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
638 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
639 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
640 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
641 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
642 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
643 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
644 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
645 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
646 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
647 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
648 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
649 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
650 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
651 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
652 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
653 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
654 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
655 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
656 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
657 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
658 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
659 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
660 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
661 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
662 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
663 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
664 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
665 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
666 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
667 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
668 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
669 Showcase core features during install #4138
670 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
671 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
672 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
673 Allow regions titles #2647
674 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
675 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
676 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
677 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
678 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
679 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
680 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
681 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
682 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
683 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
684 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
685 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
686 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
687 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
688 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
689 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
690 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
691 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
692 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
693 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
694 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
695 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
696 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
697 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
698 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
699 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
700 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114

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