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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] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
202 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
203 [UX] Branding and Version info on Installation Screens #1584
204 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
205 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
206 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
207 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
208 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
209 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
210 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
211 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
212 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
213 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
214 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
215 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
216 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
217 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
218 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
219 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
220 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
221 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
222 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
223 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
224 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
225 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
226 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
227 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
228 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
229 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
230 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
231 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
232 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
233 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
234 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
235 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
236 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
237 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
238 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
239 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
240 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
241 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
242 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
243 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
244 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
245 Add function that returns default config #3251
246 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
247 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
248 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
249 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
250 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
251 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
252 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
253 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
254 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
255 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
256 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
257 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
258 Add global site logo token #5871
259 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
260 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
261 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
262 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
263 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
264 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
265 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
266 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
267 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
268 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
269 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
270 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
271 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
272 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
273 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
274 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
275 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
276 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
277 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
278 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
279 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
280 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
281 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
282 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
283 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
284 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
285 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
286 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
287 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
288 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
289 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
290 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
291 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
292 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
293 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
294 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
295 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
296 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
297 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
298 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
299 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
300 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760

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