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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] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
202 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
203 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
204 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
205 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
206 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
207 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
208 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
209 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
210 Showcase core features during install #4138
211 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
212 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
213 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
214 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
215 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
216 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
217 Add a new core theme #5175
218 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
219 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
220 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
221 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
222 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
223 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
224 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
225 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
226 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
227 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
228 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
229 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
230 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
231 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
232 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
233 Apply image style to default picture #4976
234 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
235 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
236 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
237 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
238 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
239 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
240 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
241 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
242 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
243 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
244 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
245 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
246 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
247 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
248 Search terms along with nodes #3850
249 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
250 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
251 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
252 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
253 Add function that returns default config #3251
254 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
255 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
256 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
257 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
258 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
259 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
260 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
261 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
262 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
263 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
264 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
265 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
266 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
267 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
268 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
269 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
270 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
271 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
272 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
273 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
274 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
275 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
276 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
277 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
278 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
279 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
280 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
281 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
282 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
283 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
284 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
285 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
286 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
287 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
288 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
289 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
290 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
291 Cache settings via admin section #1434
292 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
293 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
294 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
295 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
296 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
297 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
298 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
299 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
300 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970

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