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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][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
202 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
203 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
204 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
205 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
206 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
207 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
208 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
209 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
210 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
211 [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
212 Showcase core features during install #4138
213 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
214 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
215 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
216 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
217 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
218 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
219 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
220 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
221 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
222 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
223 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
224 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
225 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
226 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
227 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
228 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
229 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
230 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
231 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
232 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
233 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
234 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
235 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
236 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
237 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
238 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
239 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
240 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
241 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
242 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
243 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
244 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
245 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
246 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
247 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
248 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
249 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
250 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
251 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
252 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
253 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
254 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
255 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
256 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
257 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
258 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
259 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
260 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
261 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
262 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
263 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
264 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
265 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
266 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
267 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
268 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
269 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
270 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
271 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
272 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
273 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
274 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
275 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
276 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
277 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
278 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
279 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
280 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
281 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
282 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
283 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
284 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
285 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
286 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
287 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
288 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
289 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
290 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
291 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
292 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
293 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
294 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
295 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
296 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
297 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
298 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
299 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
300 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145

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