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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 permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
302 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
303 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
304 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
305 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
306 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
307 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
308 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
309 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
310 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
311 Content creation page cleanup #202
312 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
313 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
314 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
315 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
316 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
317 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
318 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
319 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
320 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
321 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
322 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
323 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
324 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
325 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
326 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
327 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
328 Rename default Contact form category #4703
329 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
330 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
331 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
332 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
333 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
334 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
335 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
336 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
337 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
338 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
339 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
340 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
341 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
342 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
343 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
344 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
345 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
346 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
347 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
348 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
349 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
350 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
351 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
352 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
353 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
354 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
355 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
356 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
357 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
358 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
359 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
360 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
361 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
362 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
363 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
364 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
365 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
366 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
367 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
368 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
369 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
370 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
371 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
372 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
373 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
374 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
375 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
376 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
377 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
378 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
379 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
380 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
381 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
382 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
383 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
384 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
385 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
386 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
387 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
388 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
389 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
390 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
391 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
392 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
393 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
394 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
395 uuid and entity import / export #890
396 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
397 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
398 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
399 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
400 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982

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