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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 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
202 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
203 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
204 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
205 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
206 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
207 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
208 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
209 [WP] Media Library #3203
210 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
211 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
212 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
213 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
214 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
215 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
216 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
217 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
218 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
219 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
220 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
221 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
222 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
223 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
224 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
225 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
226 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
227 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
228 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
229 Mobile first approach theme #4131
230 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
231 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
232 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
233 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
234 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
235 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
236 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
237 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
238 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
239 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
240 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
241 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
242 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
243 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
244 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
245 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
246 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
247 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
248 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
249 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
250 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
251 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
252 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
253 Create "Current Node" block #5774
254 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
255 Search terms along with nodes #3850
256 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
257 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
258 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
259 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
260 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
261 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
262 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
263 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
264 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
265 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
266 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
267 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
268 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
269 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
270 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
271 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
272 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
273 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
274 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
275 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
276 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
277 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
278 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
279 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
280 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
281 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
282 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
283 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
284 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
285 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
286 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
287 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
288 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
289 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
290 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
291 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
292 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
293 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
294 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
295 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
296 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
297 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
298 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
299 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
300 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691

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