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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] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
402 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
403 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
404 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
405 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
406 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
407 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
408 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
409 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
410 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
411 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
412 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
413 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
414 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
415 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
416 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
417 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
418 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
419 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
420 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
421 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
422 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
423 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
424 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
425 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
426 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
427 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
428 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
429 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
430 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
431 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
432 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
433 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
434 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
435 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
436 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
437 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
438 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
439 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
440 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
441 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
442 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
443 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
444 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
445 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
446 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
447 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
448 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
449 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
450 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
451 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
452 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
453 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
454 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
455 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
456 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
457 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
458 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
459 [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
460 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
461 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
462 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
463 uuid and entity import / export #890
464 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
465 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
466 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
467 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
468 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
469 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
470 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
471 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
472 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
473 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
474 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
475 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
476 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
477 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
478 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
479 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
480 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
481 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
482 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
483 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
484 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
485 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
486 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
487 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
488 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
489 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
490 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
491 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
492 [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
493 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
494 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
495 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
496 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
497 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
498 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
499 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
500 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270

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