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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 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
202 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
203 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
204 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
205 Content creation page cleanup #202
206 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
207 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
208 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
209 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
210 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
211 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
212 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
213 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
214 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
215 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
216 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
217 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
218 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
219 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
220 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
221 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
222 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
223 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
224 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
225 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
226 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
227 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
228 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
229 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
230 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
231 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
232 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
233 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
234 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
235 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
236 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
237 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
238 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
239 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
240 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
241 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
242 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
243 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
244 One click install for digitalocean #5628
245 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
246 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
247 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
248 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
249 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
250 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
251 Showcase core features during install #4138
252 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
253 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
254 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
255 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
256 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
257 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
258 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
259 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
260 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
261 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
262 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
263 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
264 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
265 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
266 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
267 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
268 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
269 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
270 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
271 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
272 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
273 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
274 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
275 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
276 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
277 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
278 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
279 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
280 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
281 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
282 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
283 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
284 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
285 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
286 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
287 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
288 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
289 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
290 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
291 uuid and entity import / export #890
292 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
293 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
294 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
295 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
296 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
297 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
298 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
299 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
300 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374

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