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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 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
202 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
203 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
204 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
205 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
206 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
207 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
208 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
209 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
210 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
211 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
212 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
213 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
214 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
215 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
216 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
217 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
218 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
219 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
220 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
221 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
222 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
223 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
224 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
225 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
226 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
227 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
228 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
229 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
230 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
231 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
232 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
233 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
234 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
235 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
236 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
237 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
238 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
239 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
240 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
241 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
242 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
243 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
244 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
245 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
246 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
247 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
248 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
249 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
250 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
251 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
252 Trim textfields? #6386
253 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
254 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
255 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
256 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
257 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
258 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
259 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
260 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
261 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
262 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
263 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
264 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
265 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
266 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
267 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
268 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
269 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
270 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
271 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
272 Add a new core theme #5175
273 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
274 Comment administration improvements #2919
275 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
276 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
277 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
278 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
279 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
280 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
281 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
282 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
283 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
284 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
285 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
286 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
287 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
288 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
289 Apply image style to default picture #4976
290 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
291 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
292 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
293 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
294 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
295 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
296 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
297 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
298 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
299 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
300 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389

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