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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 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
802 Add a new core theme #5175
803 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
804 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
805 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
806 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
807 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
808 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
809 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
810 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
811 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
812 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
813 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
814 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
815 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
816 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
817 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
818 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
819 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
820 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
821 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
822 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
823 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
824 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
825 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
826 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
827 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
828 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
829 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
830 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
831 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
832 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
833 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
834 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
835 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
836 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
837 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
838 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
839 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
840 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
841 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
842 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
843 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
844 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
845 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
846 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
847 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
848 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
849 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
850 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
851 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
852 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
853 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
854 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
855 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
856 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
857 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
858 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
859 Content creation page cleanup #202
860 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
861 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
862 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
863 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
864 Rename default Contact form category #4703
865 Seventy two theme #5928
866 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
867 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
868 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
869 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
870 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
871 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
872 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
873 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
874 Trim textfields? #6386
875 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
876 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
877 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
878 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
879 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
880 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
881 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
882 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
883 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
884 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
885 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
886 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
887 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
888 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
889 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
890 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
891 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
892 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
893 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
894 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
895 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
896 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
897 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
898 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
899 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
900 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318

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