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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
901 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
902 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
903 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
904 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
905 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
906 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
907 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
908 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
909 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
910 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
911 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
912 Allow regions titles #2647
913 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
914 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
915 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
916 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
917 More useful tags for views #6268
918 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
919 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
920 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
921 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
922 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
923 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
924 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
925 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
926 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
927 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
928 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
929 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
930 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
931 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
932 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
933 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
934 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
935 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
936 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
937 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
938 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
939 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
940 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
941 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
942 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
943 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
944 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
945 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
946 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
947 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
948 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
949 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
950 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
951 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
952 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
953 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
954 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
955 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
956 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
957 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
958 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
959 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
960 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
961 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
962 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
963 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
964 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
965 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
966 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
967 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
968 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
969 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
970 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
971 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
972 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
973 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
974 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
975 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
976 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
977 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
978 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
979 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
980 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
981 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
982 Allow altering image style urls #5745
983 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
984 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
985 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
986 [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

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