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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 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
402 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
403 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
404 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
405 Mobile first approach theme #4131
406 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
407 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
408 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
409 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
410 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
411 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
412 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
413 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
414 Add state_override function to core #4725
415 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
416 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
417 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
418 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
419 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
420 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
421 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
422 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
423 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
424 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
425 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
426 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
427 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
428 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
429 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
430 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
431 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
432 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
433 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
434 Double click prevention #6393
435 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
436 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
437 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
438 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
439 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
440 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
441 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
442 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
443 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
444 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
445 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
446 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
447 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
448 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
449 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
450 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
451 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
452 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
453 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
454 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
455 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
456 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
457 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
458 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
459 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
460 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
461 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
462 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
463 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
464 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
465 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
466 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
467 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
468 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
469 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
470 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
471 Comment administration improvements #2919
472 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
473 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
474 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
475 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
476 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
477 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
478 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
479 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
480 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
481 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
482 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
483 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
484 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
485 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
486 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
487 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
488 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
489 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
490 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
491 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
492 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
493 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
494 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
495 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
496 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
497 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
498 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
499 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
500 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145

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