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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 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
802 More useful tags for views #6268
803 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
804 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
805 Content creation page cleanup #202
806 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
807 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
808 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
809 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
810 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
811 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
812 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
813 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
814 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
815 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
816 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
817 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
818 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
819 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
820 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
821 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
822 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
823 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
824 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
825 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
826 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
827 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
828 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
829 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
830 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
831 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
832 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
833 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
834 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
835 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
836 Add layouts into the search index #5128
837 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
838 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
839 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
840 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
841 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
842 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
843 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
844 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
845 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
846 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
847 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
848 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
849 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
850 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
851 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
852 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
853 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
854 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
855 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
856 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
857 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
858 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
859 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
860 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
861 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
862 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
863 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
864 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
865 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
866 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
867 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
868 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
869 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
870 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
871 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
872 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
873 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
874 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
875 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
876 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
877 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
878 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
879 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
880 Better Book navigation links #4879
881 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
882 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
883 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
884 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
885 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
886 Redirects write to json files? #4001
887 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
888 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
889 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
890 uuid and entity import / export #890
891 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
892 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
893 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
894 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
895 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
896 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
897 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
898 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
899 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
900 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621

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