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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 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
202 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
203 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
204 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
205 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
206 Rename default Contact form category #4703
207 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
208 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
209 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
210 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
211 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
212 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
213 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
214 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
215 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
216 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
217 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
218 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
219 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
220 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
221 [D8] Autosave content #3426
222 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
223 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
224 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
225 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
226 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
227 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
228 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
229 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
230 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
231 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
232 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
233 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
234 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
235 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
236 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
237 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
238 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
239 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
240 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
241 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
242 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
243 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
244 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
245 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
246 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
247 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
248 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
249 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
250 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
251 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
252 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
253 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
254 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
255 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
256 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
257 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
258 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
259 Create "Current Node" block #5774
260 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
261 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
262 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
263 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
264 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
265 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
266 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
267 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
268 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
269 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
270 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
271 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
272 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
273 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
274 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
275 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
276 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
277 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
278 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
279 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
280 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
281 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
282 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
283 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
284 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
285 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
286 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
287 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
288 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
289 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
290 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
291 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
292 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
293 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
294 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
295 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
296 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
297 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
298 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
299 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
300 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871

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