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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
101 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
102 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
103 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
104 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
105 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
106 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
107 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
108 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
109 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
110 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
111 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
112 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
113 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
114 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
115 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
116 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
117 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
118 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
119 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
120 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
121 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
122 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
123 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
124 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
125 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
126 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
127 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
128 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
129 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
130 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
131 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
132 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
133 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
134 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
135 [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
136 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
137 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
138 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
139 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
140 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
141 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
142 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
143 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
144 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
145 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
146 Add function that returns default config #3251
147 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
148 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
149 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
150 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
151 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
152 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
153 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
154 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
155 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
156 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
157 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
158 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
159 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
160 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
161 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
162 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
163 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
164 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
165 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
166 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
167 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
168 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
169 [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
170 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
171 More useful tags for views #6268
172 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
173 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
174 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
175 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
176 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
177 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
178 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
179 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
180 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
181 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
182 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
183 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
184 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
185 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
186 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
187 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
188 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
189 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
190 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
191 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
192 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
193 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
194 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
195 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
196 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
197 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
198 Use config for color module palettes #2554
199 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
200 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591

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