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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 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
202 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
203 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
204 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
205 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
206 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
207 Redirects write to json files? #4001
208 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
209 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
210 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
211 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
212 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
213 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
214 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
215 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
216 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
217 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
218 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
219 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
220 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
221 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
222 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
223 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
224 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
225 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
226 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
227 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
228 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
229 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
230 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
231 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
232 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
233 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
234 Custom Block contextual link #4390
235 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
236 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
237 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
238 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
239 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
240 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
241 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
242 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
243 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
244 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
245 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
246 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
247 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
248 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
249 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
250 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
251 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
252 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
253 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
254 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
255 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
256 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
257 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
258 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
259 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
260 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
261 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
262 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
263 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
264 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
265 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
266 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
267 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
268 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
269 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
270 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
271 Seventy two theme #5928
272 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
273 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
274 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
275 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
276 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
277 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
278 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
279 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
280 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
281 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
282 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
283 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
284 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
285 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
286 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
287 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
288 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
289 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
290 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
291 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
292 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
293 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
294 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
295 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
296 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
297 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
298 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
299 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
300 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367

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