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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
301 Add global site logo token #5871
302 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
303 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
304 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
305 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
306 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
307 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
308 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
309 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
310 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
311 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
312 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
313 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
314 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
315 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
316 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
317 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
318 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
319 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
320 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
321 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
322 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
323 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
324 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
325 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
326 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
327 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
328 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
329 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
330 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
331 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
332 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
333 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
334 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
335 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
336 [D8] Autosave content #3426
337 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
338 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
339 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
340 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
341 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
342 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
343 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
344 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
345 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
346 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
347 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
348 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
349 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
350 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
351 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
352 Cache settings via admin section #1434
353 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
354 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
355 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
356 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
357 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
358 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
359 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
360 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
361 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
362 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
363 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
364 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
365 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
366 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
367 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
368 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
369 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
370 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
371 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
372 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
373 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
374 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
375 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
376 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
377 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
378 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
379 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
380 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
381 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
382 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
383 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
384 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
385 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
386 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
387 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
388 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
389 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
390 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
391 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
392 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
393 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
394 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
395 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
396 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
397 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
398 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
399 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
400 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353

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