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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 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
902 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
903 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
904 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
905 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
906 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
907 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
908 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
909 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
910 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
911 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
912 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
913 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
914 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
915 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
916 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
917 Apply image style to default picture #4976
918 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
919 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
920 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
921 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
922 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
923 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
924 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
925 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
926 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
927 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
928 Add a new core theme #5175
929 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
930 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
931 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
932 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
933 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
934 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
935 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
936 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
937 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
938 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
939 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
940 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
941 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
942 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
943 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
944 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
945 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
946 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
947 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
948 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
949 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
950 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
951 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
952 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
953 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
954 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
955 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
956 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
957 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
958 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
959 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
960 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
961 Rename default Contact form category #4703
962 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
963 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
964 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
965 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
966 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
967 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
968 Trim textfields? #6386
969 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
970 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
971 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
972 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
973 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
974 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
975 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
976 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
977 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
978 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
979 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
980 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
981 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
982 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
983 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911

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