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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 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
202 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
203 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
204 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
205 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
206 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
207 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
208 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
209 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
210 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
211 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
212 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
213 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
214 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
215 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
216 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
217 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
218 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
219 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
220 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
221 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
222 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
223 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
224 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
225 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
226 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
227 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
228 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
229 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
230 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
231 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
232 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
233 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
234 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
235 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
236 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
237 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
238 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
239 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
240 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
241 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
242 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
243 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
244 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
245 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
246 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
247 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
248 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
249 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
250 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
251 Redirects write to json files? #4001
252 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
253 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
254 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
255 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
256 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
257 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
258 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
259 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
260 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
261 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
262 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
263 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
264 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
265 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
266 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
267 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
268 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
269 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
270 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
271 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
272 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
273 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
274 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
275 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
276 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
277 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
278 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
279 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
280 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
281 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
282 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
283 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
284 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
285 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
286 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
287 Add layouts into the search index #5128
288 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
289 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
290 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
291 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
292 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
293 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
294 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
295 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
296 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
297 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
298 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
299 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
300 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475

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