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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 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
202 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
203 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
204 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
205 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
206 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
207 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
208 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
209 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
210 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
211 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
212 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
213 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
214 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
215 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
216 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
217 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
218 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
219 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
220 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
221 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
222 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
223 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
224 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
225 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
226 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
227 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
228 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
229 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
230 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
231 Cache settings via admin section #1434
232 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
233 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
234 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
235 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
236 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
237 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
238 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
239 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
240 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
241 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
242 uuid and entity import / export #890
243 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
244 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
245 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
246 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
247 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
248 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
249 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
250 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
251 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
252 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
253 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
254 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
255 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
256 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
257 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
258 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
259 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
260 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
261 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
262 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
263 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
264 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
265 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
266 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
267 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
268 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
269 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
270 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
271 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
272 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
273 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
274 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
275 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
276 [WP] Media Library #3203
277 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
278 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
279 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
280 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
281 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
282 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
283 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
284 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
285 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
286 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
287 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
288 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
289 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
290 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
291 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
292 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
293 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
294 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
295 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
296 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
297 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
298 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
299 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
300 Disable unused layout templates #5068

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