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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] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
202 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
203 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
204 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
205 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
206 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
207 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
208 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
209 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
210 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
211 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
212 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
213 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
214 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
215 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
216 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
217 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
218 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
219 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
220 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
221 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
222 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
223 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
224 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
225 Comment administration improvements #2919
226 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
227 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
228 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
229 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
230 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
231 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
232 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
233 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
234 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
235 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
236 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
237 [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
238 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
239 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
240 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
241 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
242 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
243 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
244 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
245 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
246 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
247 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
248 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
249 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
250 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
251 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
252 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
253 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
254 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
255 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
256 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
257 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
258 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
259 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
260 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
261 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
262 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
263 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
264 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
265 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
266 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
267 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
268 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
269 Apply image style to default picture #4976
270 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
271 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
272 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
273 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
274 Allow regions titles #2647
275 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
276 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
277 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
278 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
279 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
280 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
281 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
282 Add a new core theme #5175
283 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
284 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
285 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
286 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
287 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
288 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
289 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
290 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
291 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
292 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
293 Create a printable Status Report #5821
294 [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
295 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
296 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
297 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
298 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
299 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
300 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573

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