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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 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
202 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
203 Create a printable Status Report #5821
204 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
205 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
206 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
207 [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
208 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
209 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
210 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
211 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
212 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
213 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
214 More useful tags for views #6268
215 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
216 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
217 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
218 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
219 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
220 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
221 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
222 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
223 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
224 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
225 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
226 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
227 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
228 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
229 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
230 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
231 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
232 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
233 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
234 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
235 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
236 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
237 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
238 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
239 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
240 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
241 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
242 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
243 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
244 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
245 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
246 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
247 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
248 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
249 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
250 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
251 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
252 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
253 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
254 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
255 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
256 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
257 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
258 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
259 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
260 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
261 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
262 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
263 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
264 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
265 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
266 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
267 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
268 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
269 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
270 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
271 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
272 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
273 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
274 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
275 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
276 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
277 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
278 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
279 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
280 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
281 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
282 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
283 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
284 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
285 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
286 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
287 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
288 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
289 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
290 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
291 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
292 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
293 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
294 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
295 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
296 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
297 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
298 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
299 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
300 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990

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