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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 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
902 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
903 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
904 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
905 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
906 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
907 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
908 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
909 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
910 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
911 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
912 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
913 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
914 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
915 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
916 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
917 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
918 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
919 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
920 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
921 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
922 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
923 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
924 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
925 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
926 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
927 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
928 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
929 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
930 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
931 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
932 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
933 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
934 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
935 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
936 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
937 Content creation page cleanup #202
938 [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
939 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
940 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
941 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
942 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
943 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
944 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
945 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
946 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
947 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
948 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
949 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
950 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
951 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
952 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
953 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
954 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
955 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
956 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
957 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
958 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
959 Apply image style to default picture #4976
960 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
961 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
962 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
963 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
964 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
965 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
966 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
967 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
968 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
969 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
970 Add a new core theme #5175
971 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
972 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
973 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
974 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
975 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
976 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
977 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
978 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
979 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
980 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
981 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
982 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
983 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
984 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
985 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
986 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666

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