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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] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
402 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
403 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
404 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
405 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
406 Create a printable Status Report #5821
407 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
408 Allow regions titles #2647
409 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
410 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
411 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
412 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
413 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
414 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
415 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
416 Trim textfields? #6386
417 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
418 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
419 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
420 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
421 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
422 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
423 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
424 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
425 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
426 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
427 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
428 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
429 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
430 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
431 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
432 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
433 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
434 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
435 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
436 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
437 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
438 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
439 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
440 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
441 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
442 Rename default Contact form category #4703
443 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
444 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
445 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
446 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
447 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
448 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
449 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
450 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
451 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
452 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
453 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
454 'Unused' module detector #5020
455 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
456 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
457 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
458 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
459 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
460 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
461 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
462 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
463 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
464 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
465 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
466 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
467 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
468 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
469 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
470 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
471 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
472 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
473 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
474 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
475 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
476 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
477 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
478 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
479 Double click prevention #6393
480 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
481 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
482 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
483 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
484 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
485 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
486 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
487 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
488 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
489 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
490 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
491 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
492 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
493 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
494 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
495 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
496 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
497 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
498 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
499 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
500 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858

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