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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 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
202 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
203 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
204 Trim textfields? #6386
205 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
206 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
207 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
208 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
209 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
210 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
211 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
212 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
213 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
214 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
215 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
216 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
217 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
218 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
219 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
220 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
221 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
222 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
223 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
224 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
225 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
226 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
227 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
228 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
229 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
230 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
231 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
232 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
233 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
234 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
235 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
236 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
237 Double click prevention #6393
238 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
239 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
240 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
241 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
242 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
243 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
244 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
245 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
246 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
247 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
248 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
249 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
250 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
251 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
252 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
253 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
254 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
255 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
256 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
257 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
258 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
259 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
260 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
261 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
262 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
263 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
264 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
265 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
266 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
267 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
268 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
269 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
270 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
271 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
272 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
273 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
274 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
275 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
276 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
277 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
278 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
279 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
280 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
281 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
282 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
283 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
284 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
285 [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
286 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
287 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
288 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
289 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
290 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
291 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
292 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
293 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
294 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
295 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
296 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
297 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
298 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
299 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
300 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842

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