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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] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
202 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
203 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
204 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
205 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
206 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
207 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
208 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
209 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
210 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
211 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
212 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
213 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
214 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
215 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
216 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
217 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
218 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
219 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
220 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
221 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
222 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
223 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
224 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
225 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
226 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
227 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
228 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
229 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
230 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
231 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
232 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
233 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
234 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
235 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
236 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
237 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
238 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
239 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
240 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
241 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
242 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
243 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
244 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
245 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
246 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
247 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
248 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
249 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
250 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
251 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
252 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
253 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
254 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
255 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
256 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
257 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
258 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
259 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
260 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
261 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
262 Trim textfields? #6386
263 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
264 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
265 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
266 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
267 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
268 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
269 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
270 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
271 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
272 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
273 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
274 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
275 Apply image style to default picture #4976
276 Create "Current Node" block #5774
277 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
278 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
279 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
280 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
281 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
282 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
283 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
284 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
285 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
286 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
287 Add a new core theme #5175
288 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
289 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
290 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
291 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
292 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
293 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
294 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
295 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
296 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
297 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
298 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
299 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
300 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136

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