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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] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
902 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
903 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
904 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
905 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
906 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
907 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
908 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
909 More useful tags for views #6268
910 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
911 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
912 Content creation page cleanup #202
913 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
914 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
915 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
916 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
917 Rename default Contact form category #4703
918 Seventy two theme #5928
919 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
920 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
921 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
922 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
923 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
924 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
925 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
926 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
927 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
928 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
929 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
930 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
931 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
932 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
933 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
934 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
935 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
936 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
937 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
938 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
939 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
940 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
941 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
942 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
943 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
944 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
945 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
946 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
947 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
948 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
949 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
950 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
951 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
952 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
953 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
954 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
955 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
956 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
957 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
958 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
959 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
960 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
961 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
962 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
963 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
964 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
965 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
966 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
967 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
968 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
969 Add layouts into the search index #5128
970 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
971 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
972 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
973 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
974 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
975 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
976 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
977 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
978 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
979 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
980 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
981 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
982 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318

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