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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 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
202 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
203 [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
204 Showcase core features during install #4138
205 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
206 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
207 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
208 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
209 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
210 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
211 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
212 One click install for digitalocean #5628
213 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
214 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
215 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
216 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
217 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
218 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
219 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
220 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
221 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
222 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
223 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
224 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
225 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
226 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
227 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
228 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
229 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
230 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
231 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
232 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
233 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
234 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
235 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
236 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
237 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
238 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
239 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
240 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
241 [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
242 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
243 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
244 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
245 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
246 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
247 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
248 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
249 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
250 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
251 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
252 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
253 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
254 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
255 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
256 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
257 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
258 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
259 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
260 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
261 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
262 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
263 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
264 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
265 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
266 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
267 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
268 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
269 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
270 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
271 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
272 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
273 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
274 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
275 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
276 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
277 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
278 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
279 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
280 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
281 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
282 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
283 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
284 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
285 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
286 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
287 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
288 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
289 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
290 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
291 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
292 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
293 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
294 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
295 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
296 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
297 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
298 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
299 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
300 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410

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