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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 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
402 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
403 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
404 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
405 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
406 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
407 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
408 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
409 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
410 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
411 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
412 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
413 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
414 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
415 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
416 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
417 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
418 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
419 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
420 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
421 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
422 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
423 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
424 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
425 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
426 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
427 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
428 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
429 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
430 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
431 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
432 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
433 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
434 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
435 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
436 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
437 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
438 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
439 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
440 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
441 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
442 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
443 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
444 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
445 Add layouts into the search index #5128
446 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
447 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
448 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
449 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
450 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
451 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
452 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
453 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
454 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
455 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
456 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
457 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
458 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
459 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
460 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
461 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
462 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
463 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
464 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
465 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
466 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
467 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
468 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
469 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
470 uuid and entity import / export #890
471 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
472 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
473 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
474 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
475 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
476 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
477 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
478 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
479 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
480 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
481 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
482 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
483 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
484 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
485 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
486 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
487 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
488 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
489 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
490 Better Book navigation links #4879
491 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
492 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
493 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
494 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
495 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
496 Redirects write to json files? #4001
497 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
498 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
499 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
500 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862

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