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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 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
202 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
203 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
204 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
205 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
206 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
207 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
208 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
209 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
210 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
211 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
212 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
213 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
214 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
215 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
216 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
217 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
218 Cache settings via admin section #1434
219 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
220 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
221 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
222 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
223 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
224 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
225 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
226 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
227 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
228 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
229 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
230 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
231 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
232 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
233 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
234 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
235 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
236 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
237 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
238 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
239 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
240 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
241 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
242 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
243 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
244 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
245 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
246 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
247 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
248 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
249 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
250 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
251 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
252 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
253 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
254 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
255 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
256 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
257 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
258 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
259 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
260 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
261 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
262 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
263 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
264 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
265 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
266 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
267 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
268 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
269 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
270 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
271 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
272 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
273 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
274 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
275 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
276 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
277 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
278 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
279 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
280 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
281 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
282 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
283 Add a new core theme #5175
284 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
285 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
286 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
287 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
288 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
289 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
290 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
291 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
292 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
293 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
294 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
295 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
296 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
297 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
298 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
299 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
300 Apply image style to default picture #4976

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