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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 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
902 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
903 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
904 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
905 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
906 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
907 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
908 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
909 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
910 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
911 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
912 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
913 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
914 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
915 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
916 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
917 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
918 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
919 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
920 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
921 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
922 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
923 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
924 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
925 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
926 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
927 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
928 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
929 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
930 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
931 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
932 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
933 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
934 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
935 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
936 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
937 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
938 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
939 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
940 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
941 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
942 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
943 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
944 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
945 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
946 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
947 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
948 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
949 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
950 Mobile first approach theme #4131
951 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
952 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
953 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
954 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
955 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
956 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
957 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
958 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
959 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
960 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
961 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
962 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
963 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
964 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
965 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
966 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
967 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
968 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
969 [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
970 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
971 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
972 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
973 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
974 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
975 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
976 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
977 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
978 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
979 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
980 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
981 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
982 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
983 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
984 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
985 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
986 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
987 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
988 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
989 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677

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