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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 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
202 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
203 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
204 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
205 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
206 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
207 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
208 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
209 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
210 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
211 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
212 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
213 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
214 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
215 Allow regions titles #2647
216 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
217 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
218 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
219 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
220 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
221 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
222 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
223 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
224 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
225 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
226 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
227 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
228 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
229 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
230 Create a printable Status Report #5821
231 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
232 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
233 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
234 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
235 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
236 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
237 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
238 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
239 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
240 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
241 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
242 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
243 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
244 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
245 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
246 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
247 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
248 Add state_override function to core #4725
249 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
250 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
251 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
252 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
253 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
254 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
255 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
256 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
257 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
258 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
259 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
260 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
261 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
262 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
263 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
264 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
265 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
266 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
267 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
268 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
269 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
270 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
271 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
272 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
273 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
274 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
275 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
276 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
277 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
278 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
279 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
280 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
281 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
282 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
283 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
284 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
285 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
286 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
287 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
288 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
289 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
290 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
291 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
292 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
293 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
294 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
295 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
296 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
297 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
298 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
299 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
300 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669

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