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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 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
502 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
503 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
504 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
505 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
506 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
507 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
508 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
509 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
510 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
511 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
512 Cache settings via admin section #1434
513 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
514 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
515 One click install for digitalocean #5628
516 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
517 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
518 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
519 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
520 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
521 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
522 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
523 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
524 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
525 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
526 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
527 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
528 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
529 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
530 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
531 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
532 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
533 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
534 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
535 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
536 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
537 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
538 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
539 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
540 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
541 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
542 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
543 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
544 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
545 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
546 [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
547 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
548 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
549 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
550 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
551 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
552 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
553 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
554 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
555 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
556 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
557 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
558 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
559 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
560 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
561 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
562 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
563 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
564 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
565 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
566 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
567 Menu router refactoring #2400
568 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
569 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
570 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
571 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
572 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
573 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
574 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
575 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
576 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
577 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
578 'Unused' module detector #5020
579 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
580 Comment administration improvements #2919
581 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
582 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
583 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
584 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
585 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
586 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
587 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
588 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
589 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
590 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
591 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
592 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
593 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
594 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
595 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
596 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
597 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
598 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
599 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
600 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912

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