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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] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
202 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
203 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
204 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
205 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
206 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
207 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
208 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
209 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
210 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
211 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
212 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
213 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
214 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
215 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
216 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
217 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
218 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
219 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
220 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
221 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
222 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
223 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
224 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
225 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
226 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
227 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
228 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
229 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
230 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
231 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
232 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
233 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
234 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
235 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
236 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
237 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
238 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
239 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
240 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
241 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
242 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
243 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
244 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
245 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
246 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
247 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
248 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
249 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
250 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
251 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
252 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
253 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
254 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
255 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
256 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
257 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
258 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
259 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
260 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
261 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
262 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
263 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
264 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
265 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
266 Create "Current Node" block #5774
267 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
268 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
269 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
270 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
271 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
272 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
273 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
274 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
275 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
276 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
277 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
278 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
279 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
280 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
281 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
282 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
283 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
284 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
285 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
286 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
287 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
288 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
289 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
290 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
291 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
292 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
293 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
294 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
295 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
296 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
297 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
298 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
299 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
300 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536

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