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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 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
202 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
203 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
204 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
205 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
206 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
207 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
208 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
209 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
210 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
211 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
212 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
213 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
214 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
215 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
216 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
217 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
218 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
219 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
220 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
221 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
222 Double click prevention #6393
223 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
224 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
225 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
226 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
227 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
228 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
229 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
230 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
231 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
232 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
233 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
234 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
235 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
236 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
237 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
238 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
239 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
240 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
241 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
242 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
243 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
244 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
245 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
246 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
247 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
248 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
249 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
250 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
251 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
252 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
253 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
254 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
255 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
256 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
257 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
258 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
259 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
260 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
261 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
262 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
263 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
264 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
265 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
266 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
267 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
268 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
269 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
270 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
271 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
272 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
273 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
274 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
275 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
276 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
277 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
278 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
279 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
280 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
281 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
282 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
283 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
284 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
285 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
286 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
287 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
288 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
289 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
290 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
291 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
292 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
293 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
294 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
295 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
296 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
297 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
298 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
299 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
300 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506

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