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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 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
902 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
903 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
904 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
905 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
906 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
907 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
908 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
909 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
910 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
911 Comment administration improvements #2919
912 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
913 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
914 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
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 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
921 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
922 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
923 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
924 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
925 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
926 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
927 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
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 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
934 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
935 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
936 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
937 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
938 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
939 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
940 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
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 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
947 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
948 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
949 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
950 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
951 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
952 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
953 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
954 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
955 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
956 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
957 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
958 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
959 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
960 More useful tags for views #6268
961 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
962 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
963 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
964 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
965 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
966 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
967 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
968 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
969 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
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] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
973 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
974 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
975 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
976 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
977 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
978 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
979 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
980 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
981 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
982 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
983 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
984 Allow regions titles #2647
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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