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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 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
202 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
203 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
204 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
205 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
206 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
207 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
208 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
209 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
210 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
211 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
212 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
213 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
214 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
215 [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
216 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
217 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
218 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
219 Disable unused layout templates #5068
220 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
221 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
222 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
223 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
224 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
225 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
226 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
227 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
228 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
229 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
230 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
231 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
232 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
233 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
234 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
235 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
236 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
237 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
238 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
239 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
240 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
241 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
242 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
243 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
244 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
245 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
246 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
247 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
248 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
249 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
250 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
251 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
252 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
253 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
254 Rename default Contact form category #4703
255 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
256 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
257 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
258 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
259 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
260 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
261 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
262 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
263 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
264 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
265 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
266 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
267 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
268 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
269 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
270 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
271 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
272 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
273 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
274 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
275 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
276 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
277 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
278 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
279 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
280 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
281 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
282 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
283 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
284 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
285 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
286 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
287 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
288 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
289 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
290 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
291 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
292 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
293 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
294 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
295 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
296 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
297 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
298 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
299 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
300 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013

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