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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 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
902 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
903 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
904 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
905 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
906 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
907 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
908 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
909 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
910 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
911 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
912 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
913 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
914 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
915 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
916 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
917 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
918 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
919 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
920 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
921 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
922 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
923 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
924 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
925 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
926 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
927 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
928 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
929 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
930 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
931 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
932 Redirects write to json files? #4001
933 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
934 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
935 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
936 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
937 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
938 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
939 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
940 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
941 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
942 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
943 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
944 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
945 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
946 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
947 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
948 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
949 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
950 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
951 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
952 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
953 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
954 Seventy two theme #5928
955 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
956 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
957 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
958 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
959 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
960 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
961 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
962 Custom Block contextual link #4390
963 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
964 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
965 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
966 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
967 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
968 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
969 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
970 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
971 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
972 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
973 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
974 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
975 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
976 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
977 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
978 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
979 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
980 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
981 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
982 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
983 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
984 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
985 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
986 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082

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