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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 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
202 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
203 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
204 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
205 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
206 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
207 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
208 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
209 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
210 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
211 Add global site logo token #5871
212 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
213 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
214 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
215 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
216 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
217 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
218 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
219 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
220 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
221 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
222 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
223 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
224 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
225 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
226 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
227 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
228 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
229 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
230 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
231 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
232 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
233 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
234 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
235 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
236 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
237 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
238 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
239 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
240 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
241 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
242 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
243 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
244 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
245 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
246 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
247 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
248 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
249 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
250 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
251 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
252 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
253 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
254 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
255 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
256 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
257 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
258 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
259 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
260 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
261 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
262 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
263 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
264 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
265 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
266 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
267 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
268 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
269 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
270 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
271 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
272 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
273 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
274 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
275 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
276 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
277 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
278 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
279 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
280 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
281 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
282 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
283 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
284 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
285 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
286 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
287 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
288 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
289 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
290 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
291 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
292 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
293 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
294 Add layouts into the search index #5128
295 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
296 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
297 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
298 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
299 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
300 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966

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