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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] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
202 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
203 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
204 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
205 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
206 Create a printable Status Report #5821
207 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
208 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
209 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
210 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
211 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
212 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
213 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
214 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
215 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
216 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
217 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
218 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
219 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
220 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
221 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
222 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
223 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
224 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
225 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
226 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
227 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
228 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
229 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
230 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
231 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
232 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
233 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
234 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
235 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
236 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
237 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
238 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
239 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
240 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
241 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
242 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
243 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
244 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
245 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
246 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
247 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
248 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
249 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
250 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
251 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
252 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
253 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
254 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
255 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
256 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
257 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
258 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
259 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
260 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
261 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
262 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
263 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
264 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
265 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
266 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
267 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
268 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
269 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
270 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
271 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
272 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
273 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
274 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
275 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
276 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
277 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
278 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
279 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
280 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
281 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
282 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
283 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
284 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
285 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
286 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
287 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
288 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
289 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
290 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
291 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
292 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
293 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
294 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
295 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
296 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
297 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
298 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
299 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
300 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388

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