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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 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
202 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
203 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
204 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
205 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
206 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
207 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
208 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
209 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
210 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
211 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
212 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
213 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
214 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
215 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
216 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
217 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
218 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
219 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
220 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
221 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
222 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
223 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
224 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
225 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
226 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
227 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
228 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
229 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
230 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
231 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
232 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
233 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
234 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
235 Content creation page cleanup #202
236 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
237 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
238 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
239 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
240 Rename default Contact form category #4703
241 Seventy two theme #5928
242 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
243 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
244 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
245 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
246 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
247 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
248 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
249 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
250 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
251 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
252 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
253 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
254 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
255 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
256 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
257 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
258 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
259 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
260 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
261 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
262 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
263 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
264 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
265 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
266 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
267 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
268 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
269 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
270 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
271 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
272 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
273 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
274 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
275 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
276 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
277 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
278 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
279 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
280 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
281 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
282 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
283 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
284 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
285 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
286 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
287 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
288 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
289 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
290 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
291 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
292 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
293 Add layouts into the search index #5128
294 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
295 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
296 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
297 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
298 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
299 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
300 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874

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