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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 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
402 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
403 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
404 [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
405 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
406 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
407 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
408 [D8] Autosave content #3426
409 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
410 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
411 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
412 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
413 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
414 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
415 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
416 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
417 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
418 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
419 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
420 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
421 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
422 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
423 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
424 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
425 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
426 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
427 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
428 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
429 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
430 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
431 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
432 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
433 Better Book navigation links #4879
434 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
435 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
436 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
437 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
438 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
439 Add function that returns default config #3251
440 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
441 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
442 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
443 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
444 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
445 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
446 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
447 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
448 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
449 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
450 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
451 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
452 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
453 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
454 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
455 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
456 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
457 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
458 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
459 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
460 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
461 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
462 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
463 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
464 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
465 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
466 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
467 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
468 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
469 Remove syslog module from core #1260
470 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
471 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
472 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
473 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
474 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
475 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
476 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
477 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
478 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
479 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
480 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
481 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
482 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
483 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
484 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
485 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
486 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
487 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
488 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
489 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
490 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
491 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
492 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
493 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
494 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
495 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
496 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
497 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
498 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
499 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
500 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876

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