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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][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
202 Content creation page cleanup #202
203 Better Book navigation links #4879
204 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
205 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
206 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
207 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
208 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
209 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
210 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
211 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
212 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
213 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
214 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
215 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
216 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
217 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
218 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
219 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
220 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
221 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
222 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
223 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
224 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
225 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
226 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
227 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
228 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
229 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
230 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
231 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
232 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
233 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
234 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
235 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
236 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
237 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
238 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
239 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
240 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
241 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
242 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
243 Add function that returns default config #3251
244 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
245 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
246 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
247 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
248 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
249 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
250 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
251 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
252 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
253 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
254 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
255 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
256 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
257 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
258 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
259 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
260 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
261 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
262 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
263 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
264 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
265 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
266 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
267 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
268 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
269 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
270 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
271 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
272 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
273 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
274 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
275 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
276 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
277 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
278 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
279 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
280 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
281 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
282 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
283 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
284 'Unused' module detector #5020
285 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
286 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
287 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
288 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
289 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
290 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
291 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
292 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
293 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
294 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
295 uuid and entity import / export #890
296 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
297 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
298 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
299 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
300 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778

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