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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 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
902 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
903 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
904 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
905 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
906 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
907 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
908 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
909 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
910 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
911 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
912 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
913 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
914 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
915 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
916 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
917 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
918 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
919 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
920 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
921 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
922 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
923 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
924 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
925 Disable unused layout templates #5068
926 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
927 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
928 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
929 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
930 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
931 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
932 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
933 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
934 Rename default Contact form category #4703
935 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
936 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
937 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
938 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
939 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
940 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
941 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
942 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
943 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
944 Content creation page cleanup #202
945 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
946 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
947 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
948 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
949 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
950 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
951 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
952 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
953 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
954 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
955 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
956 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
957 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
958 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
959 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
960 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
961 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
962 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
963 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
964 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
965 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
966 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
967 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
968 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
969 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
970 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
971 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
972 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
973 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
974 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
975 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
976 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
977 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
978 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
979 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
980 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
981 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
982 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
983 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
984 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
985 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
986 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003

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