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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 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
402 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
403 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
404 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
405 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
406 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
407 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
408 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
409 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
410 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
411 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
412 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
413 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
414 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
415 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
416 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
417 Add global site logo token #5871
418 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
419 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
420 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
421 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
422 Showcase core features during install #4138
423 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
424 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
425 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
426 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
427 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
428 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
429 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
430 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
431 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
432 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
433 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
434 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
435 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
436 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
437 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
438 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
439 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
440 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
441 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
442 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
443 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
444 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
445 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
446 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
447 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
448 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
449 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
450 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
451 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
452 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
453 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
454 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
455 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
456 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
457 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
458 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
459 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
460 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
461 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
462 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
463 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
464 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
465 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
466 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
467 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
468 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
469 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
470 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
471 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
472 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
473 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
474 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
475 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
476 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
477 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
478 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
479 [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
480 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
481 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
482 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
483 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
484 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
485 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
486 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
487 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
488 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
489 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
490 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
491 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
492 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
493 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
494 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
495 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
496 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
497 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
498 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
499 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
500 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624

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