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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 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
202 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
203 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
204 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
205 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
206 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
207 Add global site logo token #5871
208 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
209 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
210 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
211 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
212 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
213 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
214 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
215 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
216 Add function that returns default config #3251
217 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
218 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
219 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
220 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
221 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
222 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
223 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
224 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
225 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
226 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
227 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
228 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
229 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
230 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
231 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
232 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
233 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
234 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
235 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
236 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
237 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
238 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
239 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
240 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
241 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
242 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
243 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
244 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
245 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
246 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
247 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
248 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
249 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
250 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
251 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
252 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
253 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
254 Double click prevention #6393
255 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
256 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
257 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
258 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
259 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
260 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
261 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
262 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
263 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
264 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
265 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
266 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
267 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
268 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
269 Use config for color module palettes #2554
270 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
271 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
272 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
273 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
274 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
275 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
276 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
277 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
278 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
279 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
280 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
281 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
282 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
283 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
284 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
285 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
286 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
287 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
288 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
289 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
290 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
291 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
292 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
293 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
294 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
295 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
296 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
297 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
298 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
299 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
300 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307

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