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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 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
402 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
403 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
404 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
405 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
406 Apply image style to default picture #4976
407 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
408 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
409 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
410 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
411 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
412 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
413 Allow altering image style urls #5745
414 [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
415 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
416 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
417 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
418 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
419 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
420 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
421 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
422 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
423 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
424 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
425 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
426 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
427 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
428 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
429 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
430 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
431 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
432 [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
433 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
434 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
435 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
436 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
437 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
438 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
439 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
440 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
441 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
442 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
443 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
444 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
445 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
446 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
447 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
448 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
449 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
450 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
451 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
452 Comment administration improvements #2919
453 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
454 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
455 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
456 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
457 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
458 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
459 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
460 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
461 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
462 One click install for digitalocean #5628
463 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
464 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
465 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
466 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
467 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
468 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
469 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
470 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
471 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
472 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
473 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
474 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
475 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
476 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
477 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
478 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
479 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
480 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
481 Trim textfields? #6386
482 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
483 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
484 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
485 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
486 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
487 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
488 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
489 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
490 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
491 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
492 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
493 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
494 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
495 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
496 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
497 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
498 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
499 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
500 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659

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