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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 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
202 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
203 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
204 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
205 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
206 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
207 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
208 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
209 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
210 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
211 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
212 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
213 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
214 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
215 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
216 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
217 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
218 Rename default Contact form category #4703
219 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
220 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
221 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
222 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
223 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
224 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
225 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
226 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
227 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
228 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
229 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
230 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
231 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
232 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
233 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
234 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
235 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
236 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
237 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
238 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
239 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
240 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
241 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
242 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
243 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
244 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
245 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
246 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
247 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
248 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
249 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
250 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
251 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
252 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
253 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
254 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
255 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
256 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
257 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
258 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
259 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
260 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
261 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
262 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
263 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
264 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
265 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
266 [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
267 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
268 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
269 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
270 Add layouts into the search index #5128
271 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
272 Trim textfields? #6386
273 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
274 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
275 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
276 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
277 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
278 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
279 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
280 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
281 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
282 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
283 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
284 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
285 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
286 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
287 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
288 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
289 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
290 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
291 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
292 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
293 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
294 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
295 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
296 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
297 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
298 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
299 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
300 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101

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