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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 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
202 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
203 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
204 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
205 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
206 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
207 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
208 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
209 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
210 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
211 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
212 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
213 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
214 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
215 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
216 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
217 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
218 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
219 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
220 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
221 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
222 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
223 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
224 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
225 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
226 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
227 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
228 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
229 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
230 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
231 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
232 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
233 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
234 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
235 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
236 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
237 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
238 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
239 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
240 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
241 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
242 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
243 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
244 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
245 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
246 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
247 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
248 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
249 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
250 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
251 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
252 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
253 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
254 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
255 [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
256 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
257 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
258 Double click prevention #6393
259 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
260 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
261 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
262 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
263 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
264 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
265 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
266 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
267 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
268 Add layouts into the search index #5128
269 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
270 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
271 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
272 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
273 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
274 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
275 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
276 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
277 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
278 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
279 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
280 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
281 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
282 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
283 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
284 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
285 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
286 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
287 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
288 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
289 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
290 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
291 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
292 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
293 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
294 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
295 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
296 Add function that returns default config #3251
297 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
298 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
299 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
300 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885

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