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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 Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
302 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
303 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
304 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
305 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
306 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
307 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
308 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
309 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
310 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
311 [UX] Branding and Version info on Installation Screens #1584
312 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
313 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
314 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
315 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
316 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
317 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
318 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
319 Search terms along with nodes #3850
320 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
321 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
322 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
323 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
324 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
325 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
326 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
327 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
328 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
329 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
330 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
331 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
332 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
333 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
334 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
335 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
336 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
337 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
338 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
339 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
340 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
341 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
342 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
343 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
344 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
345 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
346 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
347 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
348 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
349 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
350 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
351 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
352 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
353 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
354 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
355 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
356 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
357 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
358 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
359 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
360 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
361 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
362 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
363 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
364 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
365 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
366 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
367 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
368 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
369 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
370 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
371 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
372 [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
373 Add global site logo token #5871
374 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
375 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
376 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
377 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
378 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
379 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
380 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
381 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
382 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
383 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
384 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
385 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
386 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
387 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
388 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
389 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
390 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
391 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
392 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
393 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
394 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
395 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
396 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
397 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
398 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
399 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
400 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609

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