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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] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
202 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
203 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
204 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
205 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
206 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
207 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
208 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
209 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
210 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
211 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
212 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
213 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
214 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
215 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
216 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
217 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
218 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
219 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
220 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
221 [D8] Autosave content #3426
222 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
223 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
224 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
225 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
226 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
227 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
228 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
229 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
230 'Unused' module detector #5020
231 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
232 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
233 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
234 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
235 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
236 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
237 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
238 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
239 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
240 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
241 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
242 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
243 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
244 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
245 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
246 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
247 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
248 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
249 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
250 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
251 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
252 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
253 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
254 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
255 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
256 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
257 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
258 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
259 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
260 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
261 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
262 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
263 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
264 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
265 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
266 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
267 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
268 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
269 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
270 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
271 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
272 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
273 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
274 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
275 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
276 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
277 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
278 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
279 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
280 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
281 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
282 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
283 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
284 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
285 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
286 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
287 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
288 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
289 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
290 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
291 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
292 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
293 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
294 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
295 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
296 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
297 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
298 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
299 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
300 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564

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