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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
801 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
802 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
803 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
804 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
805 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
806 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
807 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
808 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
809 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
810 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
811 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
812 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
813 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
814 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
815 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
816 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
817 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
818 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
819 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
820 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
821 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
822 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
823 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
824 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
825 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
826 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
827 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
828 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
829 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
830 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
831 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
832 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
833 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
834 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
835 Add global site logo token #5871
836 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
837 Redirects write to json files? #4001
838 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
839 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
840 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
841 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
842 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
843 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
844 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
845 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
846 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
847 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
848 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
849 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
850 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
851 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
852 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
853 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
854 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
855 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
856 More useful tags for views #6268
857 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
858 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
859 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
860 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
861 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
862 Custom Block contextual link #4390
863 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
864 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
865 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
866 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
867 Disable unused layout templates #5068
868 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
869 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
870 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
871 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
872 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
873 Search terms along with nodes #3850
874 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
875 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
876 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
877 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
878 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
879 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
880 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
881 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
882 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
883 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
884 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
885 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
886 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
887 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
888 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
889 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
890 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
891 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
892 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
893 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
894 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
895 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
896 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
897 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
898 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
899 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
900 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709

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