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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 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
202 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
203 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
204 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
205 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
206 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
207 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
208 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
209 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
210 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
211 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
212 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
213 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
214 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
215 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
216 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
217 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
218 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
219 Mobile first approach theme #4131
220 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
221 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
222 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
223 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
224 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
225 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
226 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
227 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
228 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
229 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
230 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
231 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
232 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
233 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
234 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
235 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
236 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
237 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
238 Add layouts into the search index #5128
239 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
240 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
241 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
242 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
243 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
244 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
245 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
246 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
247 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
248 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
249 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
250 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
251 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
252 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
253 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
254 Better Book navigation links #4879
255 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
256 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
257 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
258 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
259 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
260 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
261 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
262 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
263 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
264 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
265 [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
266 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
267 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
268 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
269 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
270 More useful tags for views #6268
271 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
272 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
273 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
274 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
275 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
276 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
277 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
278 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
279 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
280 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
281 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
282 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
283 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
284 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
285 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
286 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
287 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
288 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
289 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
290 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
291 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
292 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
293 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
294 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
295 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
296 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
297 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
298 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
299 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
300 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976

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