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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 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
202 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
203 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
204 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
205 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
206 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
207 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
208 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
209 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
210 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
211 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
212 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
213 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
214 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
215 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
216 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
217 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
218 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
219 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
220 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
221 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
222 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
223 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
224 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
225 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
226 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
227 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
228 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
229 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
230 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
231 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
232 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
233 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
234 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
235 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
236 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
237 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
238 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
239 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
240 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
241 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
242 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
243 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
244 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
245 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
246 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
247 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
248 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
249 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
250 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
251 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
252 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
253 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
254 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
255 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
256 Add global site logo token #5871
257 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
258 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
259 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
260 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
261 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
262 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
263 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
264 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
265 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
266 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
267 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
268 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
269 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
270 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
271 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
272 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
273 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
274 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
275 Cache settings via admin section #1434
276 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
277 Add a new core theme #5175
278 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
279 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
280 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
281 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
282 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
283 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
284 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
285 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
286 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
287 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
288 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
289 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
290 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
291 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
292 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
293 Apply image style to default picture #4976
294 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
295 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
296 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
297 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
298 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
299 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
300 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760

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