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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] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
202 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
203 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
204 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
205 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
206 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
207 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
208 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
209 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
210 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
211 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
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 [D8] Autosave content #3426
214 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
215 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
216 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
217 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
218 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
219 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
220 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
221 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
222 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
223 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
224 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
225 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
226 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
227 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
228 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
229 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
230 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
231 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
232 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
233 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
234 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
235 Disable unused layout templates #5068
236 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
237 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
238 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
239 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
240 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
241 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
242 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
243 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
244 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
245 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
246 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
247 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
248 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
249 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
250 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
251 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
252 [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
253 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
254 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
255 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
256 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
257 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
258 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
259 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
260 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
261 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
262 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
263 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
264 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
265 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
266 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
267 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
268 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
269 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
270 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
271 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
272 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
273 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
274 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
275 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
276 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
277 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
278 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
279 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
280 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
281 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
282 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
283 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
284 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
285 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
286 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
287 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
288 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
289 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
290 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
291 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
292 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
293 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
294 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
295 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
296 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
297 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
298 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
299 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
300 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995

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