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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 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
202 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
203 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
204 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
205 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
206 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
207 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
208 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
209 Add layouts into the search index #5128
210 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
211 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
212 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
213 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
214 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
215 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
216 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
217 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
218 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
219 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
220 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
221 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
222 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
223 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
224 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
225 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
226 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
227 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
228 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
229 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
230 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
231 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
232 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
233 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
234 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
235 uuid and entity import / export #890
236 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
237 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
238 [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
239 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
240 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
241 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
242 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
243 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
244 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
245 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
246 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
247 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
248 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
249 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
250 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
251 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
252 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
253 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
254 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
255 Better Book navigation links #4879
256 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
257 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
258 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
259 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
260 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
261 Redirects write to json files? #4001
262 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
263 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
264 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
265 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
266 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
267 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
268 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
269 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
270 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
271 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
272 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
273 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
274 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
275 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
276 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
277 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
278 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
279 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
280 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
281 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
282 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
283 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
284 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
285 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
286 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
287 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
288 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
289 Custom Block contextual link #4390
290 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
291 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
292 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
293 [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
294 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
295 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
296 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
297 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
298 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
299 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
300 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237

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