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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 One click install for digitalocean #5628
402 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for specific content type from the content type add/edit form. #2894
403 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
404 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
405 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
406 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
407 [D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
408 [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
409 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
410 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
411 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
412 Native dark mode support #4778
413 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
414 [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
415 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
416 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
417 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
418 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
419 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
420 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
421 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
422 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
423 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
424 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
425 [D8][WP] Move to trash instead of deleting. #2498
426 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
427 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
428 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
429 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
430 Add function that returns default config #3251
431 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
432 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
433 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
434 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
435 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
436 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
437 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
438 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
439 Content creation page cleanup #202
440 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
441 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
442 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
443 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
444 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
445 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
446 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
447 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
448 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
449 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
450 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
451 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
452 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
453 Cache settings via admin section #1434
454 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
455 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
456 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
457 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
458 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
459 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
460 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
461 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
462 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
463 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
464 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
465 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
466 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
467 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
468 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
469 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
470 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
471 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
472 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
473 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
474 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
475 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
476 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
477 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
478 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
479 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
480 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
481 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
482 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
483 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
484 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
485 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
486 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
487 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
488 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
489 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
490 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
491 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
492 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
493 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
494 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
495 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
496 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
497 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
498 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
499 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
500 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138

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