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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 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
202 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
203 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
204 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
205 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
206 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
207 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
208 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
209 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
210 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
211 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
212 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
213 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
214 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
215 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
216 Menu router refactoring #2400
217 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
218 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
219 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
220 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
221 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
222 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
223 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
224 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
225 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
226 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
227 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
228 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
229 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
230 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
231 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
232 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
233 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
234 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
235 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
236 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
237 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
238 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
239 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
240 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
241 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
242 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
243 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
244 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
245 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
246 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
247 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
248 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
249 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
250 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
251 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
252 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
253 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
254 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
255 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
256 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
257 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
258 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
259 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
260 Allow regions titles #2647
261 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
262 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
263 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
264 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
265 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
266 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
267 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
268 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
269 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
270 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
271 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
272 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
273 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
274 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
275 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
276 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
277 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
278 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
279 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
280 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
281 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
282 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
283 Search terms along with nodes #3850
284 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
285 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
286 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
287 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
288 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
289 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
290 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
291 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
292 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
293 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
294 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
295 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
296 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
297 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
298 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
299 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
300 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885

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