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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 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
202 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
203 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
204 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
205 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
206 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
207 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
208 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
209 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
210 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
211 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
212 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
213 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
214 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
215 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
216 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
217 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
218 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
219 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
220 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
221 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
222 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
223 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
224 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
225 Menu router refactoring #2400
226 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
227 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
228 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
229 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
230 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
231 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
232 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
233 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
234 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
235 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
236 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
237 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
238 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
239 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
240 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
241 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
242 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
243 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
244 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
245 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
246 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
247 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
248 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
249 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
250 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
251 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
252 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
253 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
254 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
255 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
256 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
257 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
258 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
259 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
260 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
261 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
262 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
263 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
264 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
265 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
266 Allow regions titles #2647
267 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
268 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
269 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
270 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
271 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
272 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
273 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
274 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
275 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
276 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
277 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
278 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
279 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
280 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
281 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
282 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
283 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
284 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
285 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
286 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
287 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
288 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
289 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
290 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
291 Search terms along with nodes #3850
292 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
293 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
294 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
295 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
296 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
297 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
298 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
299 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
300 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608

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