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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 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
202 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
203 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
204 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
205 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
206 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
207 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
208 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
209 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
210 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
211 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
212 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
213 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
214 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
215 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
216 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
217 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
218 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
219 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
220 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
221 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
222 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
223 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
224 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
225 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
226 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
227 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
228 Create a printable Status Report #5821
229 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
230 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
231 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
232 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
233 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
234 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
235 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
236 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
237 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
238 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
239 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
240 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
241 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
242 Rename default Contact form category #4703
243 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
244 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
245 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
246 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
247 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
248 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
249 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
250 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
251 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
252 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
253 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
254 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
255 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
256 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
257 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
258 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
259 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
260 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
261 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
262 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
263 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
264 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
265 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
266 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
267 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
268 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
269 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
270 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
271 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
272 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
273 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
274 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
275 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
276 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
277 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
278 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
279 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
280 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
281 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
282 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
283 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
284 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
285 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
286 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
287 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
288 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
289 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
290 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
291 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
292 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
293 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
294 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
295 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
296 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
297 Add layouts into the search index #5128
298 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
299 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
300 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737

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