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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
401 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
402 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
403 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
404 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
405 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
406 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
407 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
408 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
409 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
410 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
411 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
412 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
413 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
414 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
415 Allow regions titles #2647
416 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
417 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
418 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
419 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
420 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
421 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
422 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
423 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
424 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
425 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
426 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
427 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
428 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
429 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
430 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
431 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
432 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
433 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
434 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
435 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
436 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
437 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
438 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
439 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
440 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
441 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
442 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
443 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
444 Custom Block contextual link #4390
445 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
446 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
447 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
448 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
449 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
450 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
451 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
452 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
453 Add global site logo token #5871
454 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
455 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
456 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
457 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
458 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
459 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
460 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
461 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
462 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
463 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
464 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
465 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
466 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
467 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
468 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
469 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
470 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
471 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
472 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
473 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
474 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
475 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
476 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
477 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
478 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
479 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
480 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
481 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
482 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
483 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
484 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
485 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
486 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
487 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
488 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
489 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
490 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
491 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
492 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
493 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
494 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
495 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
496 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
497 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
498 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
499 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
500 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582

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