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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 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
202 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
203 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
204 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
205 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
206 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
207 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
208 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
209 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
210 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
211 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
212 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
213 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
214 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
215 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
216 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
217 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
218 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
219 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
220 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
221 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
222 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
223 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
224 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
225 Content creation page cleanup #202
226 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
227 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
228 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
229 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
230 Rename default Contact form category #4703
231 Seventy two theme #5928
232 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
233 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
234 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
235 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
236 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
237 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
238 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
239 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
240 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
241 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
242 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
243 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
244 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
245 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
246 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
247 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
248 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
249 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
250 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
251 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
252 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
253 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
254 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
255 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
256 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
257 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
258 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
259 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
260 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
261 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
262 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
263 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
264 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
265 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
266 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
267 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
268 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
269 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
270 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
271 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
272 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
273 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
274 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
275 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
276 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
277 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
278 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
279 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
280 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
281 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
282 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
283 Add layouts into the search index #5128
284 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
285 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
286 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
287 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
288 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
289 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
290 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
291 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
292 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
293 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
294 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
295 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
296 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
297 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
298 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
299 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
300 Better Book navigation links #4879

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