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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 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
402 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
403 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
404 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
405 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
406 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
407 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
408 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
409 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
410 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
411 [WP] Media Library #3203
412 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
413 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
414 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
415 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
416 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
417 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
418 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
419 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
420 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
421 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
422 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
423 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
424 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
425 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
426 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
427 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
428 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
429 Add global site logo token #5871
430 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
431 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
432 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
433 [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
434 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
435 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
436 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
437 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
438 Custom Block contextual link #4390
439 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
440 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
441 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
442 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
443 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
444 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
445 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
446 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
447 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
448 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
449 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
450 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
451 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
452 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
453 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
454 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
455 Add a new core theme #5175
456 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
457 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
458 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
459 Add state_override function to core #4725
460 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
461 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
462 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
463 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
464 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
465 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
466 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
467 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
468 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
469 Apply image style to default picture #4976
470 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
471 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
472 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
473 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
474 Cache settings via admin section #1434
475 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
476 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
477 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
478 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
479 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
480 Trim textfields? #6386
481 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
482 [D8][WP] Move to trash instead of deleting. #2498
483 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
484 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
485 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
486 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
487 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
488 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
489 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
490 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
491 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
492 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
493 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
494 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
495 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
496 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
497 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
498 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
499 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
500 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780

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