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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 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
202 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
203 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
204 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
205 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
206 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
207 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
208 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
209 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
210 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
211 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
212 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
213 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
214 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
215 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
216 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
217 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
218 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
219 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
220 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
221 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
222 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
223 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
224 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
225 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
226 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
227 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
228 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
229 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
230 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
231 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
232 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
233 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
234 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
235 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
236 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
237 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
238 Redirects write to json files? #4001
239 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
240 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
241 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
242 Add function that returns default config #3251
243 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
244 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
245 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
246 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
247 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
248 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
249 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
250 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
251 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
252 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
253 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
254 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
255 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
256 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
257 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
258 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
259 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
260 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
261 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
262 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
263 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
264 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
265 Custom Block contextual link #4390
266 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
267 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
268 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
269 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
270 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
271 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
272 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
273 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
274 Remove syslog module from core #1260
275 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
276 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
277 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
278 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
279 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
280 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
281 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
282 Allow altering image style urls #5745
283 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
284 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
285 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
286 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
287 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
288 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
289 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
290 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
291 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
292 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
293 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
294 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
295 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
296 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
297 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
298 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
299 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
300 CKEditor5 Sections #5115

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