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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 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
402 Apply image style to default picture #4976
403 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
404 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
405 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
406 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
407 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
408 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
409 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
410 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
411 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
412 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
413 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
414 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
415 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
416 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
417 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
418 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
419 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
420 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
421 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
422 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
423 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
424 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
425 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
426 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
427 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
428 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
429 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
430 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
431 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
432 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
433 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
434 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
435 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
436 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
437 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
438 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
439 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
440 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
441 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
442 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
443 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
444 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
445 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
446 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
447 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
448 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
449 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
450 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
451 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
452 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
453 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
454 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
455 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
456 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
457 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
458 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
459 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
460 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
461 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
462 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
463 [D8] Autosave content #3426
464 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
465 [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
466 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
467 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
468 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
469 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
470 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
471 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
472 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
473 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
474 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
475 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
476 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
477 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
478 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
479 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
480 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
481 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
482 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
483 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
484 [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
485 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
486 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
487 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
488 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
489 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
490 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
491 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
492 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
493 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
494 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
495 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
496 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
497 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
498 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
499 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
500 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669

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