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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] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
202 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
203 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
204 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
205 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
206 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
207 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
208 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
209 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
210 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
211 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
212 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
213 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
214 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
215 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
216 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
217 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
218 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
219 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
220 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
221 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
222 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
223 Mobile first approach theme #4131
224 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
225 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
226 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
227 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
228 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
229 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
230 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
231 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
232 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
233 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
234 Comment administration improvements #2919
235 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
236 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
237 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
238 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
239 Search terms along with nodes #3850
240 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
241 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
242 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
243 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
244 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
245 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
246 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
247 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
248 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
249 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
250 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
251 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
252 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
253 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
254 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
255 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
256 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
257 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
258 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
259 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
260 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
261 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
262 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
263 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
264 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
265 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
266 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
267 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
268 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
269 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
270 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
271 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
272 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
273 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
274 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
275 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
276 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
277 Allow regions titles #2647
278 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
279 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
280 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
281 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
282 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
283 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
284 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
285 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
286 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
287 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
288 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
289 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
290 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
291 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
292 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
293 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
294 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
295 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
296 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
297 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
298 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
299 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
300 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894

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