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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 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
202 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
203 Seventy two theme #5928
204 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
205 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
206 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
207 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
208 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
209 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
210 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
211 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
212 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
213 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
214 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
215 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
216 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
217 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
218 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
219 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
220 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
221 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
222 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
223 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
224 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
225 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
226 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
227 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
228 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
229 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
230 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
231 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
232 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
233 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
234 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
235 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
236 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
237 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
238 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
239 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
240 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
241 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
242 Double click prevention #6393
243 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
244 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
245 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
246 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
247 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
248 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
249 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
250 Add state_override function to core #4725
251 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
252 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
253 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
254 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
255 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
256 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
257 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
258 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
259 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
260 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
261 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
262 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
263 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
264 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
265 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
266 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
267 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
268 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
269 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
270 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
271 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
272 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
273 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
274 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
275 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
276 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
277 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
278 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
279 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
280 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
281 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
282 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
283 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
284 [D8] Autosave content #3426
285 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
286 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
287 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
288 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
289 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
290 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
291 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
292 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
293 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
294 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
295 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
296 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
297 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
298 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
299 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
300 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597

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