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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 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
302 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
303 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
304 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
305 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
306 [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
307 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
308 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
309 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
310 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
311 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
312 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
313 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
314 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
315 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
316 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
317 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
318 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
319 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
320 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
321 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
322 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
323 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
324 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
325 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
326 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
327 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
328 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
329 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
330 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
331 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
332 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
333 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
334 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
335 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
336 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
337 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
338 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
339 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
340 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
341 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
342 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
343 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
344 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
345 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
346 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
347 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
348 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
349 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
350 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
351 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
352 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
353 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
354 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
355 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
356 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
357 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
358 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
359 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
360 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
361 [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
362 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
363 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
364 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
365 Add state_override function to core #4725
366 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
367 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
368 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
369 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
370 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
371 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
372 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
373 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
374 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
375 Rename default Contact form category #4703
376 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
377 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
378 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
379 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
380 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
381 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
382 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
383 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
384 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
385 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
386 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
387 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
388 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
389 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
390 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
391 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
392 [D8] Autosave content #3426
393 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
394 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
395 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
396 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
397 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
398 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
399 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
400 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961

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