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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 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
202 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
203 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
204 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
205 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
206 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
207 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
208 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
209 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
210 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
211 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
212 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
213 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
214 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
215 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
216 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
217 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
218 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
219 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
220 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
221 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
222 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
223 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
224 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
225 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
226 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
227 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
228 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
229 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
230 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
231 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
232 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
233 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
234 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
235 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
236 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
237 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
238 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
239 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
240 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
241 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
242 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
243 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
244 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
245 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
246 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
247 Content creation page cleanup #202
248 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
249 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
250 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
251 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
252 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
253 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
254 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
255 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
256 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
257 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
258 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
259 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
260 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
261 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
262 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
263 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
264 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
265 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
266 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
267 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
268 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
269 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
270 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
271 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
272 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
273 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
274 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
275 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
276 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
277 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
278 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
279 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
280 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
281 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
282 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
283 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
284 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
285 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
286 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
287 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
288 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
289 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
290 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
291 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
292 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
293 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
294 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
295 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
296 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
297 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
298 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
299 'Unused' module detector #5020
300 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729

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