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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 youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
902 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
903 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
904 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
905 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
906 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
907 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
908 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
909 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
910 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
911 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
912 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
913 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
914 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
915 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
916 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
917 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
918 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
919 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
920 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
921 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
922 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
923 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
924 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
925 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
926 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
927 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
928 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
929 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
930 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
931 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
932 Rename default Contact form category #4703
933 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
934 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
935 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
936 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
937 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
938 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
939 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
940 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
941 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
942 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
943 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
944 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
945 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
946 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
947 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
948 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
949 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
950 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
951 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
952 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
953 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
954 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
955 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
956 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
957 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
958 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
959 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
960 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
961 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
962 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
963 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
964 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
965 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
966 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
967 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
968 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
969 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
970 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
971 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
972 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
973 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
974 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
975 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
976 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
977 [D8] Autosave content #3426
978 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
979 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
980 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
981 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
982 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
983 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
984 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
985 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
986 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455

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