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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 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
202 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
203 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
204 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
205 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
206 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
207 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
208 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
209 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
210 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
211 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
212 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
213 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
214 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
215 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
216 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
217 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
218 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
219 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
220 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
221 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
222 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
223 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
224 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
225 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
226 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
227 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
228 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
229 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
230 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
231 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
232 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
233 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
234 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
235 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
236 Content creation page cleanup #202
237 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
238 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
239 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
240 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
241 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
242 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
243 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
244 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
245 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
246 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
247 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
248 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
249 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
250 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
251 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
252 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
253 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
254 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
255 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
256 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
257 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
258 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
259 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
260 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
261 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
262 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
263 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
264 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
265 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
266 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
267 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
268 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
269 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
270 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
271 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
272 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
273 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
274 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
275 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
276 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
277 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
278 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
279 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
280 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
281 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
282 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
283 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
284 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
285 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
286 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
287 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
288 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
289 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
290 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
291 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
292 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
293 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
294 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
295 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
296 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
297 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
298 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
299 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
300 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915

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