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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] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
202 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
203 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
204 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
205 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
206 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
207 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
208 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
209 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
210 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
211 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
212 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
213 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
214 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
215 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
216 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
217 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
218 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
219 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
220 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
221 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
222 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
223 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
224 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
225 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
226 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
227 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
228 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
229 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
230 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
231 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
232 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
233 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
234 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
235 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
236 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
237 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
238 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
239 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
240 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
241 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
242 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
243 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
244 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
245 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
246 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
247 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
248 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
249 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
250 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
251 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
252 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
253 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
254 Add global site logo token #5871
255 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
256 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
257 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
258 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
259 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
260 [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
261 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
262 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
263 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
264 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
265 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
266 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
267 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
268 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
269 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
270 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
271 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
272 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
273 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
274 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
275 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
276 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
277 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
278 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
279 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
280 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
281 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
282 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
283 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
284 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
285 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
286 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
287 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
288 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
289 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
290 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
291 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
292 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
293 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
294 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
295 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
296 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
297 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
298 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
299 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
300 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705

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