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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] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
202 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
203 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
204 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
205 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
206 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
207 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
208 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
209 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
210 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
211 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
212 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
213 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
214 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
215 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
216 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
217 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
218 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
219 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
220 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
221 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
222 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
223 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
224 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
225 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
226 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
227 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
228 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
229 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
230 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
231 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
232 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
233 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
234 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
235 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
236 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
237 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
238 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
239 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
240 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
241 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
242 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
243 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
244 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
245 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
246 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
247 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
248 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
249 Create "Current Node" block #5774
250 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
251 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
252 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
253 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
254 Showcase core features during install #4138
255 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
256 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
257 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
258 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
259 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
260 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
261 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
262 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
263 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
264 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
265 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
266 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
267 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
268 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
269 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
270 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
271 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
272 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
273 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
274 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
275 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
276 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
277 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
278 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
279 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
280 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
281 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
282 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
283 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
284 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
285 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
286 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
287 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
288 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
289 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
290 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
291 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
292 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
293 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
294 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
295 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
296 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
297 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
298 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
299 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
300 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199

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