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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 "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
602 Showcase core features during install #4138
603 Double click prevention #6393
604 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
605 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
606 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
607 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
608 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
609 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
610 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
611 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
612 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
613 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
614 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
615 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
616 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
617 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
618 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
619 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
620 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
621 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
622 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
623 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
624 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
625 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
626 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
627 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
628 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
629 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
630 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
631 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
632 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
633 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
634 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
635 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
636 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
637 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
638 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
639 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
640 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
641 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
642 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
643 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
644 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
645 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
646 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
647 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
648 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
649 One click install for digitalocean #5628
650 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
651 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
652 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
653 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
654 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
655 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
656 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
657 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
658 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
659 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
660 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
661 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
662 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
663 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
664 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
665 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
666 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
667 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
668 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
669 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
670 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
671 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
672 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
673 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
674 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
675 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
676 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
677 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
678 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
679 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
680 Disable unused layout templates #5068
681 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
682 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
683 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
684 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
685 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
686 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
687 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
688 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
689 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
690 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
691 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
692 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
693 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
694 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
695 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
696 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
697 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
698 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
699 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
700 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921

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