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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] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
202 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
203 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
204 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
205 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
206 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
207 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
208 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
209 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
210 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
211 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
212 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
213 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
214 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
215 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
216 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
217 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
218 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
219 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
220 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
221 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
222 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
223 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
224 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
225 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
226 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
227 Add layouts into the search index #5128
228 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
229 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
230 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
231 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
232 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
233 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
234 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
235 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
236 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
237 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
238 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
239 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
240 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
241 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
242 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
243 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
244 Better Book navigation links #4879
245 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
246 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
247 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
248 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
249 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
250 Redirects write to json files? #4001
251 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
252 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
253 uuid and entity import / export #890
254 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
255 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
256 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
257 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
258 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
259 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
260 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
261 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
262 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
263 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
264 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
265 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
266 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
267 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
268 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
269 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
270 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
271 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
272 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
273 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
274 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
275 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
276 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
277 Custom Block contextual link #4390
278 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
279 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
280 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
281 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
282 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
283 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
284 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
285 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
286 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
287 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
288 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
289 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
290 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
291 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
292 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
293 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
294 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
295 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
296 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
297 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
298 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
299 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
300 Trim textfields? #6386

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