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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 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
202 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
203 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
204 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
205 Create a printable Status Report #5821
206 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
207 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
208 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
209 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
210 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
211 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
212 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
213 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
214 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
215 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
216 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
217 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
218 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
219 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
220 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
221 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
222 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
223 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
224 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
225 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
226 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
227 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
228 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
229 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
230 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
231 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
232 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
233 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
234 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
235 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
236 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
237 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
238 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
239 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
240 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
241 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
242 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
243 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
244 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
245 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
246 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
247 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
248 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
249 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
250 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
251 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
252 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
253 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
254 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
255 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
256 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
257 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
258 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
259 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
260 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
261 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
262 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
263 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
264 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
265 Apply image style to default picture #4976
266 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
267 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
268 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
269 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
270 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
271 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
272 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
273 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
274 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
275 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
276 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
277 Add a new core theme #5175
278 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
279 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
280 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
281 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
282 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
283 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
284 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
285 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
286 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
287 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
288 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
289 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
290 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
291 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
292 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
293 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
294 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
295 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
296 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
297 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
298 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
299 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
300 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863

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