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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] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
202 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
203 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
204 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
205 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
206 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
207 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
208 [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
209 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
210 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
211 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
212 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
213 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
214 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
215 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
216 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
217 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
218 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
219 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
220 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
221 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
222 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
223 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
224 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
225 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
226 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
227 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
228 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
229 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
230 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
231 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
232 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
233 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
234 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
235 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
236 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
237 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
238 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
239 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
240 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
241 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
242 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
243 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
244 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
245 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
246 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
247 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
248 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
249 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
250 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
251 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
252 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
253 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
254 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
255 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
256 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
257 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
258 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
259 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
260 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
261 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
262 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
263 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
264 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
265 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
266 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
267 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
268 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
269 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
270 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
271 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
272 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
273 Apply image style to default picture #4976
274 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
275 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
276 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
277 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
278 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
279 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
280 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
281 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
282 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
283 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
284 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
285 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
286 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
287 Add a new core theme #5175
288 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
289 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
290 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
291 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
292 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
293 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
294 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
295 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
296 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
297 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
298 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
299 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
300 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437

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