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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 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
102 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
103 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
104 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
105 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
106 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
107 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
108 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
109 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
110 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
111 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
112 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
113 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
114 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
115 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
116 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
117 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
118 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
119 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
120 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
121 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
122 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
123 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
124 uuid and entity import / export #890
125 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
126 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
127 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
128 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
129 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
130 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
131 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
132 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
133 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
134 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
135 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
136 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
137 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
138 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
139 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
140 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
141 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
142 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
143 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
144 Better Book navigation links #4879
145 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
146 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
147 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
148 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
149 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
150 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
151 Redirects write to json files? #4001
152 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
153 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
154 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
155 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
156 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
157 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
158 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
159 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
160 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
161 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
162 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
163 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
164 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
165 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
166 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
167 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
168 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
169 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
170 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
171 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
172 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
173 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
174 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
175 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
176 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
177 Custom Block contextual link #4390
178 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
179 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
180 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
181 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
182 [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
183 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
184 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
185 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
186 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
187 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
188 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
189 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
190 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
191 Allow altering image style urls #5745
192 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
193 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
194 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
195 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
196 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
197 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
198 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
199 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
200 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464

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