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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 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
202 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
203 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
204 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
205 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
206 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
207 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
208 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
209 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
210 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
211 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
212 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
213 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
214 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
215 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
216 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
217 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
218 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
219 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
220 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
221 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
222 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
223 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
224 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
225 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
226 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
227 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
228 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
229 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
230 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
231 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
232 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
233 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
234 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
235 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
236 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
237 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
238 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
239 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
240 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
241 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
242 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
243 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
244 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
245 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
246 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
247 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
248 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
249 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
250 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
251 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
252 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
253 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
254 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
255 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
256 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
257 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
258 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
259 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
260 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
261 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
262 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
263 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
264 Allow altering image style urls #5745
265 [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
266 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
267 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
268 Add a new core theme #5175
269 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
270 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
271 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
272 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
273 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
274 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
275 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
276 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
277 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
278 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
279 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
280 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
281 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
282 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
283 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
284 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
285 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
286 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
287 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
288 Apply image style to default picture #4976
289 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
290 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
291 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
292 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
293 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
294 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
295 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
296 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
297 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
298 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
299 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
300 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041

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