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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 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
102 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
103 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
104 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
105 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
106 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
107 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
108 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
109 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
110 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
111 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
112 One click install for digitalocean #5628
113 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
114 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
115 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
116 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
117 'Unused' module detector #5020
118 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
119 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
120 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
121 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
122 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
123 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
124 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
125 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
126 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
127 [D8] Autosave content #3426
128 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
129 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
130 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
131 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
132 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
133 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
134 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
135 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
136 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
137 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
138 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
139 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
140 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
141 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
142 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
143 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
144 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
145 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
146 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
147 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
148 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
149 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
150 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
151 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
152 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
153 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
154 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
155 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
156 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
157 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
158 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
159 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
160 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
161 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
162 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
163 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
164 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
165 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
166 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
167 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
168 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
169 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
170 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
171 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
172 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
173 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
174 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
175 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
176 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
177 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
178 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
179 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
180 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
181 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
182 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
183 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
184 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
185 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
186 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
187 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
188 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
189 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
190 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
191 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
192 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
193 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
194 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
195 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
196 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
197 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
198 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
199 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
200 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662

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