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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 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
102 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
103 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
104 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
105 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
106 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
107 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
108 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
109 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
110 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
111 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
112 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
113 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
114 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
115 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
116 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
117 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
118 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
119 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
120 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
121 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
122 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
123 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
124 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
125 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
126 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
127 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
128 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
129 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
130 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
131 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
132 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
133 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
134 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
135 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
136 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
137 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
138 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
139 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
140 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
141 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
142 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
143 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
144 [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
145 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
146 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
147 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
148 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
149 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
150 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
151 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
152 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
153 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
154 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
155 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
156 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
157 Cache settings via admin section #1434
158 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
159 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
160 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
161 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
162 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
163 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
164 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
165 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
166 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
167 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
168 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
169 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
170 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
171 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
172 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
173 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
174 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
175 Comment administration improvements #2919
176 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
177 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
178 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
179 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
180 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
181 Create a printable Status Report #5821
182 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
183 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
184 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
185 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
186 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
187 [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
188 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
189 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
190 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
191 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
192 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
193 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
194 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
195 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
196 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
197 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
198 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
199 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
200 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733

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