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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 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
202 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
203 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
204 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
205 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
206 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
207 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
208 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
209 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
210 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
211 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
212 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
213 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
214 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
215 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
216 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
217 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
218 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
219 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
220 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
221 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
222 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
223 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
224 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
225 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
226 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
227 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
228 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
229 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
230 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
231 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
232 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
233 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
234 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
235 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
236 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
237 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
238 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
239 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
240 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
241 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
242 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
243 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
244 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
245 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
246 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
247 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
248 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
249 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
250 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
251 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
252 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
253 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
254 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
255 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
256 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
257 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
258 [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
259 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
260 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
261 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
262 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
263 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
264 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
265 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
266 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
267 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
268 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
269 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
270 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
271 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
272 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
273 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
274 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
275 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
276 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
277 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
278 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
279 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
280 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
281 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
282 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
283 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
284 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
285 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
286 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
287 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
288 [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
289 Create a printable Status Report #5821
290 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
291 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
292 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
293 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
294 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
295 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
296 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
297 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
298 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
299 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
300 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166

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