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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 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
202 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
203 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
204 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
205 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
206 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
207 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
208 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
209 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
210 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
211 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
212 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
213 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
214 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
215 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
216 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
217 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
218 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
219 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
220 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
221 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
222 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
223 'Unused' module detector #5020
224 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
225 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
226 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
227 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
228 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
229 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
230 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
231 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
232 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
233 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
234 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
235 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
236 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
237 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
238 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
239 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
240 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
241 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
242 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
243 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
244 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
245 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
246 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
247 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
248 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
249 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
250 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
251 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
252 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
253 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
254 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
255 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
256 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
257 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
258 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
259 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
260 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
261 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
262 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
263 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
264 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
265 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
266 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
267 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
268 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
269 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
270 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
271 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
272 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
273 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
274 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
275 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
276 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
277 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
278 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
279 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
280 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
281 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
282 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
283 Remove syslog module from core #1260
284 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
285 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
286 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
287 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
288 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
289 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
290 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
291 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
292 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
293 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
294 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
295 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
296 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
297 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
298 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
299 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
300 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617

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