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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 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
202 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
203 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
204 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
205 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
206 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
207 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
208 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
209 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
210 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
211 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
212 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
213 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
214 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
215 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
216 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
217 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
218 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
219 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
220 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
221 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
222 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
223 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
224 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
225 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
226 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
227 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
228 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
229 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
230 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
231 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
232 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
233 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
234 Create a printable Status Report #5821
235 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
236 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
237 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
238 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
239 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
240 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
241 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
242 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
243 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
244 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
245 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
246 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
247 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
248 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
249 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
250 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
251 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
252 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
253 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
254 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
255 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
256 [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
257 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
258 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
259 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
260 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
261 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
262 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
263 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
264 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
265 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
266 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
267 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
268 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
269 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
270 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
271 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
272 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
273 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
274 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
275 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
276 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
277 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
278 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
279 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
280 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
281 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
282 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
283 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
284 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
285 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
286 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
287 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
288 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
289 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
290 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
291 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
292 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
293 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
294 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
295 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
296 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
297 Cache settings via admin section #1434
298 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
299 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
300 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040

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