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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 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
402 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
403 Add a new core theme #5175
404 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
405 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
406 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
407 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
408 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
409 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
410 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
411 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
412 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
413 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
414 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
415 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
416 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
417 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
418 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
419 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
420 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
421 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
422 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
423 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
424 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
425 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
426 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
427 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
428 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
429 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
430 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
431 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
432 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
433 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
434 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
435 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
436 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
437 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
438 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
439 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
440 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
441 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
442 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
443 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
444 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
445 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
446 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
447 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
448 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
449 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
450 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
451 Create a printable Status Report #5821
452 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
453 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
454 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
455 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
456 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
457 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
458 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
459 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
460 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
461 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
462 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
463 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
464 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
465 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
466 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
467 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
468 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
469 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
470 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
471 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
472 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
473 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
474 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
475 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
476 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
477 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
478 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
479 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
480 Search terms along with nodes #3850
481 Redirects write to json files? #4001
482 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
483 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
484 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
485 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
486 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
487 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
488 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
489 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
490 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
491 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
492 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
493 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
494 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
495 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
496 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
497 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
498 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
499 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
500 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054

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