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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 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
202 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
203 Redirects write to json files? #4001
204 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
205 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
206 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
207 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
208 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
209 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
210 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
211 [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
212 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
213 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
214 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
215 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
216 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
217 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
218 Create a printable Status Report #5821
219 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
220 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
221 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
222 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
223 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
224 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
225 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
226 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
227 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
228 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
229 Custom Block contextual link #4390
230 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
231 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
232 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
233 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
234 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
235 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
236 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
237 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
238 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
239 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
240 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
241 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
242 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
243 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
244 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
245 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
246 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
247 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
248 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
249 Add state_override function to core #4725
250 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
251 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
252 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
253 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
254 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
255 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
256 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
257 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
258 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
259 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
260 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
261 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
262 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
263 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
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 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
266 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
267 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
268 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
269 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
270 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
271 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
272 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
273 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
274 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
275 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
276 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
277 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
278 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
279 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
280 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
281 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
282 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
283 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
284 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
285 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
286 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
287 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
288 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
289 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
290 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
291 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
292 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
293 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
294 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
295 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
296 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
297 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
298 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
299 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
300 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576

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