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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] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
202 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
203 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
204 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
205 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
206 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
207 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
208 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
209 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
210 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
211 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
212 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
213 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
214 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
215 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
216 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
217 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
218 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
219 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
220 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
221 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
222 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
223 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
224 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
225 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
226 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
227 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
228 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
229 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
230 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
231 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
232 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
233 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
234 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
235 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
236 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
237 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
238 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
239 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
240 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
241 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
242 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
243 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
244 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
245 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
246 Content creation page cleanup #202
247 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
248 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
249 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
250 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
251 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
252 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
253 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
254 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
255 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
256 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
257 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
258 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
259 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
260 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
261 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
262 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
263 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
264 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
265 [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
266 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
267 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
268 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
269 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
270 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
271 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
272 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
273 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
274 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
275 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
276 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
277 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
278 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
279 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
280 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
281 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
282 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
283 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
284 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
285 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
286 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
287 More useful tags for views #6268
288 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
289 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
290 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
291 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
292 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
293 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
294 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
295 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
296 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
297 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
298 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
299 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
300 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403

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