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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 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
214 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
215 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
216 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
217 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
218 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
219 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
220 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
221 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
222 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
223 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
224 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
225 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
226 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
227 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
228 Content creation page cleanup #202
229 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
230 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
231 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
232 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
233 Rename default Contact form category #4703
234 Seventy two theme #5928
235 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
236 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
237 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
238 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
239 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
240 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
241 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
242 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
243 Trim textfields? #6386
244 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
245 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
246 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
247 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
248 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
249 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
250 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
251 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
252 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
253 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
254 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
255 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
256 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
257 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
258 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
259 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
260 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
261 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
262 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
263 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
264 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
265 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
266 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
267 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
268 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
269 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
270 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
271 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
272 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
273 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
274 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
275 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
276 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
277 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
278 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
279 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
280 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
281 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
282 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
283 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
284 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
285 Add layouts into the search index #5128
286 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
287 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
288 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
289 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
290 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
291 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
292 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
293 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
294 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
295 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
296 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
297 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
298 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
299 Double click prevention #6393
300 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585

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