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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] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
202 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
203 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
204 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
205 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
206 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
207 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
208 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
209 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
210 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
211 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
212 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
213 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
214 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
215 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
216 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
217 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
218 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
219 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
220 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
221 Apply image style to default picture #4976
222 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
223 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
224 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
225 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
226 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
227 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
228 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
229 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
230 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
231 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
232 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
233 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
234 Add a new core theme #5175
235 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
236 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
237 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
238 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
239 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
240 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
241 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
242 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
243 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
244 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
245 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
246 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
247 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
248 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
249 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
250 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
251 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
252 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
253 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
254 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
255 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
256 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
257 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
258 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
259 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
260 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
261 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
262 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
263 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
264 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
265 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
266 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
267 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
268 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
269 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
270 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
271 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
272 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
273 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
274 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
275 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
276 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
277 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
278 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
279 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
280 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
281 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
282 Create a printable Status Report #5821
283 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
284 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
285 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
286 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
287 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
288 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
289 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
290 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
291 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
292 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
293 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
294 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
295 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
296 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
297 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
298 Rename default Contact form category #4703
299 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
300 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262

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