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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 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
402 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
403 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
404 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
405 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
406 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
407 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
408 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
409 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
410 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
411 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
412 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
413 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
414 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
415 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
416 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
417 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
418 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
419 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
420 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
421 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
422 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
423 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
424 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
425 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
426 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
427 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
428 Search terms along with nodes #3850
429 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
430 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
431 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
432 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
433 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
434 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
435 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
436 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
437 Seventy two theme #5928
438 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
439 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
440 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
441 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
442 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
443 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
444 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
445 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
446 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
447 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
448 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
449 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
450 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
451 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
452 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
453 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
454 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
455 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
456 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
457 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
458 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
459 [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
460 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
461 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
462 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
463 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
464 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
465 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
466 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
467 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
468 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
469 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
470 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
471 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
472 Redirects write to json files? #4001
473 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
474 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
475 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
476 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
477 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
478 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
479 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
480 [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
481 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
482 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
483 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
484 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
485 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
486 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
487 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
488 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
489 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
490 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
491 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
492 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
493 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
494 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
495 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
496 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
497 Comment administration improvements #2919
498 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
499 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
500 Custom Block contextual link #4390

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