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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 "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
202 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
203 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
204 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
205 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
206 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
207 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
208 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
209 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
210 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
211 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
212 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
213 [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
214 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
215 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
216 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
217 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
218 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
219 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
220 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
221 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
222 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
223 Apply image style to default picture #4976
224 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
225 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
226 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
227 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
228 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
229 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
230 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
231 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
232 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
233 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
234 Add a new core theme #5175
235 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
236 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
237 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
238 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
239 Mobile first approach theme #4131
240 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
241 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
242 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
243 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
244 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
245 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
246 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
247 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
248 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
249 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
250 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
251 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
252 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
253 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
254 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
255 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
256 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
257 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
258 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
259 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
260 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
261 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
262 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
263 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
264 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
265 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
266 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
267 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
268 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
269 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
270 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
271 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
272 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
273 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
274 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
275 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
276 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
277 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
278 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
279 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
280 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
281 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
282 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
283 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
284 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
285 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
286 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
287 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
288 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
289 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
290 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
291 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
292 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
293 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
294 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
295 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
296 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
297 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
298 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
299 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
300 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112

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