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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 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
202 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
203 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
204 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
205 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
206 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
207 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
208 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
209 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
210 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
211 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
212 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
213 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
214 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
215 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
216 Rename default Contact form category #4703
217 Seventy two theme #5928
218 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
219 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
220 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
221 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
222 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
223 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
224 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
225 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
226 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
227 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
228 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
229 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
230 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
231 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
232 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
233 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
234 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
235 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
236 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
237 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
238 Content creation page cleanup #202
239 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
240 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
241 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
242 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
243 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
244 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
245 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
246 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
247 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
248 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
249 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
250 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
251 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
252 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
253 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
254 Trim textfields? #6386
255 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
256 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
257 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
258 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
259 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
260 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
261 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
262 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
263 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
264 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
265 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
266 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
267 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
268 Add layouts into the search index #5128
269 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
270 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
271 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
272 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
273 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
274 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
275 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
276 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
277 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
278 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
279 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
280 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
281 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
282 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
283 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
284 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
285 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
286 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
287 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
288 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
289 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
290 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
291 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
292 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
293 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
294 uuid and entity import / export #890
295 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
296 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
297 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
298 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
299 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
300 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101

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