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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] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
202 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
203 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
204 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
205 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
206 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
207 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
208 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
209 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
210 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
211 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
212 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
213 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
214 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
215 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
216 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
217 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
218 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
219 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
220 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
221 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
222 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
223 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
224 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
225 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
226 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
227 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
228 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
229 Content creation page cleanup #202
230 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
231 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
232 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
233 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
234 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
235 Rename default Contact form category #4703
236 Seventy two theme #5928
237 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
238 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
239 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
240 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
241 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
242 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
243 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
244 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
245 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
246 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
247 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
248 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
249 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
250 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
251 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
252 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
253 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
254 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
255 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
256 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
257 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
258 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
259 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
260 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
261 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
262 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
263 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
264 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
265 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
266 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
267 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
268 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
269 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
270 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
271 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
272 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
273 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
274 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
275 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
276 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
277 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
278 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
279 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
280 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
281 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
282 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
283 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
284 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
285 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
286 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
287 Add layouts into the search index #5128
288 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
289 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
290 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
291 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
292 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
293 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
294 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
295 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
296 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
297 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
298 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
299 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
300 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292

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