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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] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
202 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
203 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
204 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
205 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
206 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
207 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
208 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
209 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
210 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
211 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
212 Search terms along with nodes #3850
213 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
214 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
215 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
216 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
217 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
218 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
219 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
220 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
221 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
222 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
223 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
224 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
225 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
226 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
227 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
228 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
229 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
230 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
231 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
232 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
233 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
234 [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
235 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
236 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
237 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
238 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
239 Create a printable Status Report #5821
240 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
241 Allow regions titles #2647
242 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
243 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
244 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
245 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
246 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
247 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
248 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
249 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
250 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
251 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
252 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
253 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
254 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
255 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
256 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
257 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
258 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
259 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
260 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
261 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
262 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
263 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
264 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
265 Content creation page cleanup #202
266 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
267 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
268 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
269 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
270 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
271 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
272 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
273 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
274 Apply image style to default picture #4976
275 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
276 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
277 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
278 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
279 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
280 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
281 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
282 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
283 [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
284 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
285 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
286 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
287 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
288 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
289 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
290 Add a new core theme #5175
291 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
292 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
293 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
294 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
295 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
296 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
297 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
298 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
299 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
300 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397

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