Hello John,
When a template becomes available you would be able to design these layouts with your own html+css. If you would like to see some built-in settings for those (such as label location, for the built-in case without a template), I recommend opening a separate request. Custom highlight should likely remain a custom CSS thing though, e.g., cascaded via the focus pseudoselectors or existing selection classes. Images would be something to handle via templates.
Regards,
Marin Bratanov
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