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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
201 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
202 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
203 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
204 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
205 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
206 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
207 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
208 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
209 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
210 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
211 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
212 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
213 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
214 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
215 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
216 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
217 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
218 Allow altering image style urls #5745
219 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
220 [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
221 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
222 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
223 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
224 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
225 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
226 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
227 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
228 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
229 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
230 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
231 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
232 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
233 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
234 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
235 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
236 Menu router refactoring #2400
237 Add layouts into the search index #5128
238 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
239 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
240 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
241 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
242 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
243 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
244 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
245 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
246 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
247 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
248 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
249 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
250 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
251 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
252 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
253 Better Book navigation links #4879
254 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
255 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
256 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
257 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
258 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
259 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
260 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
261 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
262 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
263 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
264 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
265 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
266 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
267 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
268 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
269 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
270 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
271 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
272 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
273 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
274 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
275 Comment administration improvements #2919
276 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
277 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
278 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
279 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
280 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
281 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
282 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
283 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
284 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
285 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
286 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
287 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
288 One click install for digitalocean #5628
289 More useful tags for views #6268
290 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
291 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
292 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
293 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
294 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
295 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
296 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
297 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
298 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
299 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
300 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329

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