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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 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
202 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
203 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
204 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
205 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
206 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
207 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
208 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
209 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
210 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
211 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
212 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
213 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
214 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
215 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
216 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
217 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
218 Menu router refactoring #2400
219 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
220 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
221 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
222 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
223 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
224 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
225 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
226 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
227 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
228 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
229 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
230 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
231 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
232 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
233 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
234 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
235 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
236 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
237 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
238 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
239 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
240 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
241 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
242 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
243 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
244 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
245 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
246 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
247 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
248 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
249 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
250 [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
251 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
252 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
253 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
254 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
255 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
256 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
257 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
258 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
259 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
260 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
261 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
262 Allow regions titles #2647
263 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
264 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
265 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
266 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
267 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
268 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
269 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
270 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
271 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
272 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
273 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
274 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
275 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
276 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
277 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
278 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
279 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
280 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
281 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
282 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
283 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
284 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
285 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
286 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
287 Search terms along with nodes #3850
288 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
289 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
290 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
291 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
292 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
293 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
294 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
295 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
296 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
297 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
298 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
299 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
300 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624

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