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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][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
202 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
203 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
204 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
205 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
206 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
207 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
208 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
209 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
210 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
211 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
212 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
213 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
214 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
215 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
216 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
217 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
218 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
219 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
220 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
221 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
222 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
223 Add layouts into the search index #5128
224 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
225 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
226 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
227 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
228 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
229 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
230 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
231 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
232 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
233 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
234 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
235 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
236 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
237 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
238 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
239 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
240 Better Book navigation links #4879
241 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
242 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
243 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
244 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
245 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
246 Redirects write to json files? #4001
247 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
248 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
249 uuid and entity import / export #890
250 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
251 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
252 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
253 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
254 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
255 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
256 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
257 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
258 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
259 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
260 More useful tags for views #6268
261 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
262 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
263 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
264 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
265 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
266 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
267 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
268 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
269 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
270 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
271 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
272 Custom Block contextual link #4390
273 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
274 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
275 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
276 [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
277 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
278 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
279 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
280 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
281 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
282 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
283 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
284 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
285 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
286 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
287 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
288 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
289 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
290 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
291 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
292 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
293 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
294 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
295 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
296 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
297 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
298 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
299 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
300 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580

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