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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] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
902 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
903 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
904 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
905 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
906 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
907 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
908 Comment administration improvements #2919
909 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
910 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
911 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
912 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
913 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
914 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
915 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
916 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
917 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
918 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
919 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
920 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
921 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
922 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
923 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
924 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
925 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
926 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
927 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
928 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
929 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
930 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
931 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
932 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
933 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
934 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
935 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
936 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
937 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
938 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
939 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
940 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
941 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
942 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
943 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
944 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
945 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
946 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
947 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
948 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
949 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
950 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
951 [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
952 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
953 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
954 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
955 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
956 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
957 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
958 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
959 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
960 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
961 More useful tags for views #6268
962 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
963 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
964 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
965 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
966 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
967 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
968 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
969 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
970 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
971 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
972 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
973 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
974 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
975 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
976 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
977 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
978 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
979 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
980 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
981 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
982 Allow regions titles #2647
983 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
984 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
985 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
986 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505

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