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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 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
202 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
203 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
204 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
205 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
206 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
207 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
208 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
209 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
210 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
211 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
212 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
213 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
214 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
215 Double click prevention #6393
216 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
217 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
218 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
219 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
220 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
221 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
222 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
223 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
224 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
225 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
226 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
227 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
228 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
229 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
230 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
231 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
232 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
233 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
234 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
235 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
236 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
237 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
238 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
239 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
240 Create a printable Status Report #5821
241 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
242 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
243 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
244 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
245 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
246 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
247 Showcase core features during install #4138
248 Add function that returns default config #3251
249 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
250 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
251 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
252 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
253 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
254 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
255 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
256 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
257 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
258 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
259 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
260 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
261 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
262 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
263 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
264 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
265 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
266 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
267 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
268 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
269 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
270 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
271 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
272 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
273 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
274 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
275 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
276 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
277 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
278 uuid and entity import / export #890
279 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
280 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
281 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
282 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
283 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
284 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
285 [D8] Autosave content #3426
286 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
287 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
288 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
289 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
290 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
291 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
292 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
293 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
294 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
295 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
296 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
297 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
298 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
299 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
300 Changing theme cache workflow #2349

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