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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 layouts into the search index #5128
902 Cache settings via admin section #1434
903 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
904 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
905 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
906 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
907 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
908 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
909 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
910 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
911 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
912 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
913 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
914 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
915 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
916 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
917 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
918 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
919 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
920 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
921 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
922 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
923 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
924 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
925 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
926 Comment administration improvements #2919
927 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
928 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
929 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
930 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
931 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
932 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
933 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
934 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
935 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
936 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
937 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
938 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
939 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
940 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
941 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
942 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
943 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
944 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
945 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
946 Better Book navigation links #4879
947 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
948 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
949 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
950 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
951 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
952 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
953 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
954 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
955 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
956 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
957 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
958 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
959 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
960 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
961 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
962 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
963 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
964 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
965 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
966 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
967 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
968 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
969 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
970 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
971 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
972 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
973 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
974 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
975 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
976 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
977 Allow regions titles #2647
978 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
979 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
980 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
981 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
982 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
983 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
984 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
985 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
986 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834

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