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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 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
202 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
203 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
204 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
205 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
206 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
207 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
208 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
209 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
210 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
211 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
212 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
213 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
214 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
215 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
216 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
217 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
218 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
219 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
220 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
221 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
222 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
223 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
224 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
225 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
226 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
227 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
228 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
229 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
230 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
231 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
232 Comment administration improvements #2919
233 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
234 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
235 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
236 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
237 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
238 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
239 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
240 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
241 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
242 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
243 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
244 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
245 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
246 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
247 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
248 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
249 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
250 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
251 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
252 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
253 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
254 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
255 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
256 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
257 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
258 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
259 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
260 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
261 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
262 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
263 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
264 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
265 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
266 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
267 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
268 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
269 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
270 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
271 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
272 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
273 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
274 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
275 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
276 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
277 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
278 Allow altering image style urls #5745
279 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
280 Allow regions titles #2647
281 [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
282 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
283 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
284 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
285 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
286 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
287 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
288 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
289 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
290 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
291 Search terms along with nodes #3850
292 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
293 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
294 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
295 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
296 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
297 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
298 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
299 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
300 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262

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