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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 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
202 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
203 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
204 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
205 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
206 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
207 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
208 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
209 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
210 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
211 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
212 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
213 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
214 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
215 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
216 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
217 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
218 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
219 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
220 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
221 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
222 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
223 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
224 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
225 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
226 Add global site logo token #5871
227 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
228 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
229 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
230 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
231 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
232 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
233 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
234 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
235 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
236 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
237 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
238 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
239 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
240 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
241 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
242 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
243 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
244 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
245 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
246 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
247 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
248 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
249 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
250 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
251 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
252 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
253 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
254 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
255 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
256 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
257 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
258 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
259 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
260 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
261 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
262 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
263 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
264 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
265 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
266 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
267 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
268 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
269 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
270 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
271 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
272 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
273 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
274 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
275 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
276 Cache settings via admin section #1434
277 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
278 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
279 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
280 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
281 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
282 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
283 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
284 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
285 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
286 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
287 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
288 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
289 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
290 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
291 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
292 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
293 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
294 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
295 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
296 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
297 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
298 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
299 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
300 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885

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