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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 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
202 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
203 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
204 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
205 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
206 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
207 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
208 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
209 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
210 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
211 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
212 Add global site logo token #5871
213 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
214 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
215 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
216 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
217 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
218 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
219 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
220 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
221 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
222 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
223 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
224 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
225 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
226 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
227 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
228 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
229 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
230 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
231 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
232 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
233 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
234 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
235 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
236 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
237 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
238 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
239 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
240 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
241 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
242 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
243 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
244 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
245 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
246 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
247 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
248 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
249 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
250 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
251 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
252 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
253 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
254 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
255 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
256 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
257 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
258 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
259 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
260 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
261 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
262 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
263 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
264 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
265 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
266 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
267 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
268 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
269 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
270 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
271 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
272 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
273 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
274 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
275 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
276 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
277 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
278 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
279 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
280 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
281 Apply image style to default picture #4976
282 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
283 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
284 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
285 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
286 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
287 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
288 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
289 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
290 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
291 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
292 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
293 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
294 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
295 Add a new core theme #5175
296 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
297 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
298 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
299 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
300 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898

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