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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
701 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
702 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
703 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
704 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
705 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
706 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
707 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
708 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
709 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
710 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
711 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
712 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
713 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
714 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
715 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
716 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
717 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
718 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
719 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
720 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
721 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
722 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
723 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
724 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
725 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
726 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
727 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
728 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
729 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
730 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
731 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
732 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
733 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
734 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
735 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
736 Rename default Contact form category #4703
737 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
738 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
739 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
740 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
741 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
742 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
743 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
744 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
745 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
746 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
747 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
748 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
749 Create a printable Status Report #5821
750 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
751 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
752 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
753 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
754 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
755 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
756 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
757 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
758 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
759 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
760 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
761 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
762 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
763 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
764 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
765 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
766 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
767 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
768 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
769 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
770 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
771 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
772 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
773 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
774 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
775 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
776 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
777 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
778 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
779 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
780 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
781 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
782 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
783 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
784 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
785 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
786 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
787 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
788 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
789 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
790 Add layouts into the search index #5128
791 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
792 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
793 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
794 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
795 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
796 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
797 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
798 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
799 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
800 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530

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