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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 More useful tags for views #6268
202 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
203 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
204 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
205 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
206 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
207 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
208 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
209 Showcase core features during install #4138
210 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
211 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
212 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
213 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
214 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
215 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
216 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
217 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
218 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
219 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
220 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
221 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
222 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
223 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
224 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
225 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
226 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
227 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
228 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
229 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
230 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
231 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
232 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
233 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
234 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
235 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
236 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
237 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
238 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
239 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
240 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
241 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
242 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
243 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
244 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
245 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
246 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
247 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
248 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
249 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
250 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
251 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
252 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
253 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
254 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
255 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
256 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
257 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
258 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
259 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
260 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
261 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
262 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
263 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
264 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
265 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
266 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
267 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
268 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
269 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
270 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
271 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
272 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
273 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
274 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
275 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
276 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
277 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
278 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
279 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
280 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
281 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
282 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
283 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
284 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
285 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
286 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
287 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
288 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
289 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
290 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
291 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
292 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
293 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
294 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
295 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
296 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
297 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
298 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
299 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
300 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410

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