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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] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
202 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
203 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
204 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
205 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
206 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
207 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
208 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
209 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
210 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
211 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
212 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
213 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
214 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
215 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
216 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
217 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
218 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
219 Rename default Contact form category #4703
220 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
221 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
222 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
223 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
224 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
225 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
226 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
227 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
228 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
229 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
230 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
231 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
232 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
233 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
234 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
235 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
236 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
237 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
238 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
239 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
240 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
241 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
242 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
243 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
244 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
245 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
246 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
247 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
248 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
249 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
250 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
251 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
252 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
253 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
254 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
255 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
256 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
257 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
258 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
259 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
260 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
261 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
262 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
263 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
264 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
265 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
266 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
267 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
268 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
269 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
270 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
271 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
272 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
273 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
274 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
275 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
276 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
277 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
278 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
279 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
280 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
281 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
282 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
283 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
284 Add layouts into the search index #5128
285 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
286 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
287 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
288 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
289 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
290 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
291 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
292 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
293 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
294 Redirects write to json files? #4001
295 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
296 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
297 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
298 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
299 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
300 Better Book navigation links #4879

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