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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] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
202 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
203 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
204 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
205 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
206 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
207 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
208 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
209 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
210 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
211 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
212 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
213 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
214 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
215 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
216 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
217 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
218 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
219 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
220 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
221 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
222 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
223 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
224 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
225 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
226 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
227 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
228 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
229 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
230 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
231 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
232 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
233 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
234 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
235 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
236 Allow regions titles #2647
237 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
238 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
239 Rename default Contact form category #4703
240 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
241 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
242 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
243 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
244 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
245 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
246 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
247 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
248 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
249 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
250 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
251 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
252 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
253 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
254 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
255 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
256 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
257 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
258 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
259 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
260 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
261 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
262 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
263 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
264 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
265 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
266 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
267 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
268 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
269 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
270 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
271 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
272 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
273 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
274 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
275 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
276 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
277 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
278 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
279 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
280 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
281 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
282 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
283 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
284 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
285 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
286 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
287 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
288 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
289 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
290 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
291 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
292 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
293 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
294 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
295 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
296 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
297 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
298 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
299 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
300 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755

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