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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 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
202 Seventy two theme #5928
203 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
204 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
205 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
206 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
207 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
208 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
209 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
210 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
211 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
212 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
213 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
214 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
215 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
216 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
217 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
218 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
219 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
220 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
221 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
222 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
223 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
224 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
225 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
226 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
227 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
228 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
229 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
230 Add layouts into the search index #5128
231 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
232 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
233 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
234 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
235 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
236 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
237 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
238 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
239 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
240 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
241 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
242 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
243 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
244 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
245 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
246 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
247 Better Book navigation links #4879
248 Rename default Contact form category #4703
249 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
250 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
251 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
252 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
253 [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
254 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
255 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
256 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
257 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
258 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
259 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
260 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
261 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
262 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
263 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
264 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
265 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
266 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
267 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
268 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
269 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
270 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
271 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
272 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
273 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
274 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
275 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
276 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
277 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
278 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
279 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
280 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
281 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
282 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
283 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
284 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
285 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
286 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
287 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
288 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
289 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
290 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
291 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
292 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
293 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
294 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
295 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
296 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
297 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
298 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
299 Add function that returns default config #3251
300 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880

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