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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] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
202 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
203 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
204 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
205 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
206 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
207 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
208 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
209 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
210 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
211 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
212 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
213 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
214 Add state_override function to core #4725
215 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
216 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
217 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
218 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
219 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
220 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
221 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
222 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
223 More useful tags for views #6268
224 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
225 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
226 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
227 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
228 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
229 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
230 uuid and entity import / export #890
231 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
232 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
233 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
234 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
235 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
236 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
237 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
238 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
239 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
240 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
241 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
242 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
243 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
244 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
245 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
246 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
247 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
248 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
249 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
250 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
251 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
252 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
253 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
254 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
255 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
256 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
257 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
258 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
259 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
260 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
261 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
262 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
263 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
264 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
265 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
266 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
267 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
268 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
269 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
270 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
271 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
272 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
273 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
274 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
275 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
276 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
277 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
278 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
279 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
280 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
281 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
282 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
283 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
284 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
285 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
286 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
287 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
288 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
289 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
290 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
291 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
292 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
293 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
294 Menu router refactoring #2400
295 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
296 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
297 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
298 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
299 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
300 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770

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