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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] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
202 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
203 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
204 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
205 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
206 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
207 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
208 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
209 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
210 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
211 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
212 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
213 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
214 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
215 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
216 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
217 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
218 Content creation page cleanup #202
219 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
220 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
221 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
222 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
223 Rename default Contact form category #4703
224 Seventy two theme #5928
225 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
226 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
227 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
228 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
229 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
230 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
231 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
232 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
233 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
234 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
235 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
236 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
237 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
238 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
239 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
240 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
241 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
242 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
243 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
244 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
245 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
246 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
247 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
248 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
249 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
250 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
251 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
252 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
253 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
254 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
255 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
256 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
257 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
258 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
259 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
260 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
261 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
262 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
263 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
264 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
265 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
266 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
267 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
268 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
269 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
270 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
271 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
272 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
273 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
274 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
275 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
276 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
277 Add layouts into the search index #5128
278 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
279 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
280 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
281 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
282 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
283 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
284 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
285 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
286 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
287 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
288 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
289 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
290 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
291 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
292 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
293 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
294 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
295 Better Book navigation links #4879
296 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
297 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
298 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
299 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
300 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644

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