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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
501 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
502 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
503 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
504 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
505 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
506 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
507 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
508 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
509 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
510 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
511 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
512 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
513 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
514 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
515 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
516 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
517 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
518 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
519 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
520 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
521 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
522 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
523 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
524 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
525 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
526 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
527 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
528 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
529 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
530 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
531 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
532 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
533 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
534 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
535 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
536 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
537 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
538 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
539 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
540 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
541 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
542 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
543 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
544 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
545 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
546 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
547 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
548 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
549 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
550 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
551 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
552 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
553 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
554 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
555 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
556 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
557 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
558 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
559 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
560 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
561 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
562 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
563 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
564 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
565 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
566 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
567 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
568 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
569 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
570 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
571 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
572 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
573 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
574 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
575 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
576 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
577 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
578 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
579 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
580 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
581 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
582 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
583 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
584 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
585 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
586 Add function that returns default config #3251
587 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
588 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
589 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
590 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
591 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
592 Add global site logo token #5871
593 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
594 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
595 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
596 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
597 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
598 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
599 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
600 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320

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