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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 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
802 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
803 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
804 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
805 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
806 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
807 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
808 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
809 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
810 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
811 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
812 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
813 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
814 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
815 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
816 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
817 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
818 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
819 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
820 Add function that returns default config #3251
821 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
822 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
823 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
824 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
825 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
826 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
827 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
828 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
829 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
830 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
831 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
832 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
833 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
834 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
835 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
836 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
837 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
838 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
839 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
840 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
841 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
842 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
843 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
844 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
845 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
846 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
847 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
848 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
849 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
850 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
851 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
852 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
853 Remove syslog module from core #1260
854 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
855 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
856 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
857 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
858 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
859 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
860 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
861 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
862 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
863 Allow altering image style urls #5745
864 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
865 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
866 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
867 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
868 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
869 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
870 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
871 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
872 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
873 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
874 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
875 Use config for color module palettes #2554
876 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
877 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
878 Add state_override function to core #4725
879 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
880 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
881 [UX] Branding and Version info on Installation Screens #1584
882 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
883 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
884 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
885 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
886 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
887 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
888 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
889 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
890 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
891 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
892 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
893 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
894 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
895 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
896 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
897 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
898 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
899 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
900 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239

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