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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] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
202 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
203 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
204 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
205 [UX] Branding and Version info on Installation Screens #1584
206 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
207 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
208 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
209 Showcase core features during install #4138
210 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
211 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
212 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
213 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
214 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
215 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
216 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
217 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
218 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
219 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
220 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
221 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
222 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
223 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
224 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
225 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
226 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
227 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
228 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
229 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
230 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
231 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
232 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
233 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
234 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
235 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
236 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
237 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
238 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
239 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
240 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
241 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
242 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
243 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
244 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
245 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
246 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
247 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
248 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
249 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
250 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
251 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
252 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
253 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
254 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
255 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
256 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
257 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
258 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
259 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
260 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
261 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
262 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
263 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
264 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
265 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
266 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
267 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
268 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
269 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
270 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
271 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
272 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
273 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
274 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
275 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
276 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
277 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
278 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
279 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
280 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
281 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
282 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
283 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
284 Allow altering image style urls #5745
285 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
286 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
287 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
288 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
289 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
290 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
291 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
292 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
293 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
294 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
295 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
296 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
297 Search terms along with nodes #3850
298 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
299 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
300 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247

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