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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 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
102 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
103 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
104 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
105 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
106 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
107 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
108 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
109 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
110 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
111 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
112 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
113 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
114 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
115 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
116 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
117 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
118 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
119 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
120 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
121 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
122 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
123 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
124 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
125 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
126 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
127 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
128 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
129 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
130 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
131 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
132 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
133 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
134 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
135 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
136 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
137 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
138 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
139 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
140 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
141 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
142 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
143 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
144 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
145 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
146 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
147 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
148 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
149 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
150 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
151 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
152 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
153 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
154 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
155 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
156 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
157 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
158 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
159 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
160 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
161 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
162 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
163 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
164 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
165 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
166 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
167 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
168 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
169 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
170 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
171 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
172 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
173 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
174 Cache settings via admin section #1434
175 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
176 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
177 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
178 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
179 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
180 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
181 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
182 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
183 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
184 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
185 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
186 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
187 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
188 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
189 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
190 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
191 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
192 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
193 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
194 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
195 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
196 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
197 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
198 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
199 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
200 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291

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