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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] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
202 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
203 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
204 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
205 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
206 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
207 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
208 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
209 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
210 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
211 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
212 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
213 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
214 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
215 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
216 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
217 Comment administration improvements #2919
218 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
219 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
220 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
221 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
222 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
223 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
224 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
225 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
226 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
227 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
228 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
229 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
230 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
231 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
232 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
233 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
234 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
235 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
236 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
237 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
238 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
239 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
240 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
241 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
242 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
243 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
244 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
245 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
246 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
247 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
248 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
249 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
250 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
251 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
252 [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
253 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
254 Showcase core features during install #4138
255 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
256 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
257 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
258 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
259 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
260 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
261 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
262 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
263 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
264 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
265 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
266 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
267 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
268 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
269 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
270 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
271 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
272 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
273 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
274 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
275 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
276 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
277 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
278 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
279 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
280 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
281 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
282 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
283 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
284 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
285 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
286 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
287 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
288 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
289 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
290 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
291 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
292 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
293 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
294 Allow regions titles #2647
295 Disable unused layout templates #5068
296 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
297 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
298 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
299 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
300 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691

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