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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] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
202 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
203 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
204 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
205 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
206 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
207 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
208 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
209 Comment administration improvements #2919
210 One click install for digitalocean #5628
211 [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
212 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
213 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
214 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
215 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
216 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
217 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
218 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
219 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
220 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
221 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
222 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
223 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
224 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
225 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
226 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
227 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
228 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
229 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
230 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
231 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
232 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
233 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
234 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
235 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
236 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
237 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
238 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
239 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
240 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
241 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
242 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
243 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
244 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
245 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
246 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
247 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
248 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
249 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
250 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
251 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
252 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
253 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
254 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
255 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
256 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
257 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
258 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
259 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
260 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
261 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
262 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
263 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
264 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
265 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
266 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
267 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
268 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
269 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
270 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
271 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
272 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
273 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
274 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
275 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
276 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
277 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
278 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
279 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
280 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
281 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
282 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
283 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
284 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
285 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
286 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
287 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
288 Allow regions titles #2647
289 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
290 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
291 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
292 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
293 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
294 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
295 Disable unused layout templates #5068
296 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
297 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
298 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
299 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
300 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290

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