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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 a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
202 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
203 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
204 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
205 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
206 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
207 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
208 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
209 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
210 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
211 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
212 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
213 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
214 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
215 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
216 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
217 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
218 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
219 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
220 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
221 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
222 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
223 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
224 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
225 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
226 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
227 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
228 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
229 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
230 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
231 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
232 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
233 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
234 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
235 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
236 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
237 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
238 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
239 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
240 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
241 Seventy two theme #5928
242 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
243 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
244 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
245 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
246 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
247 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
248 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
249 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
250 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
251 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
252 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
253 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
254 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
255 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
256 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
257 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
258 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
259 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
260 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
261 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
262 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
263 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
264 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
265 Search terms along with nodes #3850
266 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
267 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
268 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
269 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
270 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
271 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
272 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
273 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
274 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
275 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
276 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
277 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
278 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
279 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
280 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
281 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
282 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
283 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
284 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
285 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
286 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
287 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
288 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
289 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
290 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
291 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
292 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
293 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
294 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
295 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
296 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
297 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
298 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
299 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
300 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449

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