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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 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
202 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
203 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
204 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
205 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
206 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
207 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
208 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
209 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
210 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
211 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
212 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
213 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
214 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
215 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
216 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
217 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
218 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
219 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
220 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
221 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
222 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
223 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
224 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
225 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
226 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
227 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
228 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
229 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
230 Rename default Contact form category #4703
231 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
232 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
233 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
234 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
235 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
236 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
237 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
238 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
239 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
240 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
241 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
242 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
243 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
244 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
245 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
246 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
247 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
248 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
249 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
250 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
251 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
252 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
253 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
254 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
255 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
256 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
257 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
258 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
259 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
260 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
261 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
262 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
263 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
264 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
265 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
266 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
267 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
268 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
269 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
270 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
271 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
272 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
273 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
274 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
275 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
276 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
277 [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
278 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
279 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
280 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
281 Add layouts into the search index #5128
282 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
283 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
284 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
285 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
286 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
287 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
288 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
289 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
290 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
291 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
292 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
293 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
294 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
295 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
296 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
297 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
298 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
299 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
300 Better Book navigation links #4879

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