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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 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
202 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
203 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
204 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
205 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
206 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
207 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
208 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
209 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
210 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
211 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
212 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
213 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
214 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
215 Remove syslog module from core #1260
216 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
217 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
218 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
219 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
220 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
221 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
222 Create "Current Node" block #5774
223 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
224 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
225 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
226 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
227 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
228 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
229 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
230 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
231 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
232 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
233 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
234 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
235 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
236 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
237 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
238 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
239 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
240 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
241 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
242 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
243 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
244 [UX] Branding and Version info on Installation Screens #1584
245 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
246 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
247 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
248 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
249 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
250 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
251 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
252 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
253 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
254 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
255 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
256 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
257 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
258 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
259 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
260 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
261 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
262 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
263 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
264 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
265 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
266 Seventy two theme #5928
267 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
268 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
269 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
270 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
271 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
272 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
273 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
274 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
275 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
276 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
277 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
278 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
279 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
280 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
281 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
282 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
283 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
284 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
285 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
286 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
287 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
288 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
289 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
290 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
291 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
292 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
293 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
294 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
295 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
296 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
297 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
298 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
299 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
300 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457

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