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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][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
202 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
203 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
204 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
205 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
206 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
207 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
208 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
209 [WP] Media Library #3203
210 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
211 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
212 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
213 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
214 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
215 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
216 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
217 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
218 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
219 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
220 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
221 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
222 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
223 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
224 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
225 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
226 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
227 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
228 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
229 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
230 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
231 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
232 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
233 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
234 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
235 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
236 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
237 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
238 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
239 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
240 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
241 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
242 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
243 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
244 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
245 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
246 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
247 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
248 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
249 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
250 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
251 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
252 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
253 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
254 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
255 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
256 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
257 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
258 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
259 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
260 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
261 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
262 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
263 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
264 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
265 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
266 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
267 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
268 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
269 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
270 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
271 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
272 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
273 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
274 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
275 Mobile first approach theme #4131
276 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
277 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
278 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
279 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
280 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
281 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
282 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
283 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
284 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
285 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
286 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
287 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
288 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
289 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
290 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
291 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
292 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
293 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
294 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
295 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
296 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
297 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
298 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
299 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
300 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529

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