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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 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
802 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
803 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
804 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
805 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
806 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
807 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
808 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
809 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
810 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
811 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
812 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
813 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
814 Apply image style to default picture #4976
815 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
816 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
817 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
818 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
819 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
820 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
821 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
822 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
823 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
824 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
825 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
826 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
827 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
828 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
829 Trim textfields? #6386
830 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
831 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
832 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
833 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
834 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
835 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
836 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
837 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
838 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
839 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
840 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
841 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
842 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
843 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
844 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
845 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
846 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
847 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
848 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
849 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
850 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
851 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
852 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
853 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
854 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
855 Content creation page cleanup #202
856 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
857 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
858 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
859 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
860 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
861 Rename default Contact form category #4703
862 Seventy two theme #5928
863 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
864 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
865 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
866 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
867 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
868 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
869 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
870 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
871 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
872 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
873 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
874 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
875 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
876 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
877 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
878 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
879 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
880 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
881 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
882 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
883 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
884 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
885 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
886 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
887 Double click prevention #6393
888 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
889 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
890 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
891 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
892 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
893 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
894 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
895 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
896 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
897 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
898 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
899 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
900 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643

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