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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] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
202 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
203 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
204 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
205 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
206 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
207 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
208 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
209 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
210 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
211 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
212 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
213 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
214 [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
215 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
216 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
217 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
218 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
219 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
220 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
221 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
222 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
223 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
224 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
225 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
226 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
227 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
228 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
229 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
230 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
231 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
232 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
233 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
234 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
235 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
236 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
237 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
238 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
239 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
240 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
241 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
242 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
243 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
244 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
245 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
246 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
247 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
248 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
249 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
250 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
251 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
252 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
253 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
254 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
255 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
256 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
257 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
258 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
259 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
260 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
261 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
262 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
263 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
264 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
265 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
266 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
267 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
268 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
269 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
270 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
271 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
272 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
273 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
274 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
275 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
276 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
277 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
278 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
279 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
280 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
281 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
282 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
283 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
284 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
285 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
286 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
287 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
288 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
289 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
290 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
291 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
292 'Unused' module detector #5020
293 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
294 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
295 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
296 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
297 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
298 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
299 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
300 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445

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