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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] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
202 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
203 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
204 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
205 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
206 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
207 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
208 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
209 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
210 Redirects write to json files? #4001
211 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
212 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
213 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
214 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
215 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
216 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
217 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
218 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
219 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
220 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
221 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
222 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
223 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
224 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
225 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
226 Create a printable Status Report #5821
227 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
228 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
229 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
230 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
231 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
232 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
233 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
234 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
235 Custom Block contextual link #4390
236 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
237 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
238 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
239 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
240 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
241 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
242 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
243 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
244 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
245 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
246 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
247 More useful tags for views #6268
248 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
249 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
250 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
251 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
252 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
253 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
254 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
255 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
256 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
257 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
258 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
259 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
260 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
261 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
262 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
263 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
264 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
265 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
266 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
267 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
268 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
269 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
270 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
271 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
272 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
273 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
274 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
275 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
276 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
277 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
278 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
279 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
280 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
281 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
282 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
283 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
284 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
285 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
286 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
287 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
288 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
289 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
290 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
291 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
292 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
293 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
294 Menu router refactoring #2400
295 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
296 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
297 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
298 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
299 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
300 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677

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