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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 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
102 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
103 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
104 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
105 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
106 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
107 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
108 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
109 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
110 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
111 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
112 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
113 Disable unused layout templates #5068
114 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
115 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
116 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
117 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
118 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
119 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
120 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
121 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
122 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
123 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
124 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
125 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
126 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
127 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
128 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
129 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
130 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
131 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
132 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
133 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
134 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
135 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
136 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
137 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
138 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
139 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
140 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
141 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
142 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
143 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
144 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
145 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
146 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
147 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
148 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
149 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
150 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
151 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
152 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
153 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
154 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
155 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
156 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
157 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
158 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
159 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
160 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
161 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
162 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
163 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
164 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
165 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
166 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
167 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
168 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
169 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
170 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
171 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
172 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
173 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
174 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
175 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
176 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
177 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
178 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
179 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
180 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
181 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
182 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
183 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
184 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
185 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
186 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
187 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
188 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
189 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
190 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
191 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
192 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
193 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
194 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
195 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
196 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
197 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
198 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
199 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
200 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243

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