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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] Fix caching of favicons #898
202 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
203 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
204 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
205 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
206 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
207 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
208 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
209 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
210 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
211 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
212 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
213 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
214 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
215 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
216 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
217 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
218 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
219 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
220 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
221 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
222 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
223 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
224 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
225 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
226 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
227 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
228 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
229 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
230 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
231 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
232 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
233 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
234 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
235 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
236 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
237 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
238 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
239 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
240 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
241 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
242 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
243 [D8] Autosave content #3426
244 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
245 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
246 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
247 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
248 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
249 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
250 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
251 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
252 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
253 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
254 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
255 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
256 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
257 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
258 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
259 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
260 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
261 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
262 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
263 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
264 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
265 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
266 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
267 [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
268 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
269 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
270 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
271 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
272 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
273 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
274 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
275 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
276 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
277 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
278 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
279 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
280 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
281 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
282 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
283 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
284 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
285 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
286 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
287 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
288 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
289 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
290 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
291 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
292 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
293 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
294 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
295 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
296 Add layouts into the search index #5128
297 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
298 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
299 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
300 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535

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