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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 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
202 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
203 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
204 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
205 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
206 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
207 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
208 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
209 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
210 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
211 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
212 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
213 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
214 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
215 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
216 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
217 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
218 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
219 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
220 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
221 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
222 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
223 Add layouts into the search index #5128
224 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
225 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
226 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
227 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
228 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
229 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
230 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
231 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
232 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
233 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
234 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
235 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
236 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
237 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
238 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
239 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
240 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
241 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
242 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
243 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
244 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
245 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
246 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
247 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
248 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
249 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
250 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
251 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
252 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
253 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
254 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
255 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
256 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
257 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
258 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
259 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
260 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
261 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
262 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
263 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
264 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
265 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
266 Seventy two theme #5928
267 Better Book navigation links #4879
268 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
269 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
270 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
271 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
272 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
273 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
274 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
275 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
276 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
277 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
278 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
279 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
280 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
281 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
282 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
283 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
284 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
285 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
286 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
287 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
288 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
289 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
290 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
291 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
292 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
293 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
294 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
295 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
296 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
297 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
298 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
299 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
300 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817

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