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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 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
202 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
203 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
204 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
205 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
206 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
207 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
208 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
209 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
210 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
211 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
212 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
213 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
214 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
215 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
216 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
217 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
218 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
219 'Unused' module detector #5020
220 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
221 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
222 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
223 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
224 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
225 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
226 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
227 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
228 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
229 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
230 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
231 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
232 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
233 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
234 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
235 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
236 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
237 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
238 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
239 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
240 [UX] Branding and Version info on Installation Screens #1584
241 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
242 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
243 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
244 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
245 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
246 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
247 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
248 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
249 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
250 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
251 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
252 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
253 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
254 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
255 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
256 Showcase core features during install #4138
257 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
258 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
259 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
260 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
261 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
262 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
263 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
264 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
265 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
266 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
267 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
268 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
269 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
270 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
271 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
272 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
273 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
274 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
275 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
276 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
277 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
278 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
279 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
280 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
281 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
282 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
283 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
284 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
285 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
286 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
287 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
288 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
289 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
290 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
291 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
292 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
293 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
294 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
295 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
296 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
297 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
298 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
299 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
300 Create Wordpress install profile #3127

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