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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 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
402 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
403 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
404 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
405 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
406 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
407 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
408 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
409 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
410 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
411 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
412 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
413 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
414 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
415 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
416 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
417 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
418 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
419 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
420 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
421 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
422 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
423 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
424 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
425 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
426 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
427 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
428 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
429 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
430 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
431 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
432 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
433 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
434 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
435 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
436 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
437 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
438 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
439 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
440 [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
441 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
442 [D8] Autosave content #3426
443 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
444 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
445 [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
446 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
447 Apply image style to default picture #4976
448 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
449 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
450 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
451 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
452 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
453 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
454 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
455 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
456 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
457 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
458 Add a new core theme #5175
459 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
460 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
461 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
462 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
463 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
464 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
465 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
466 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
467 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
468 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
469 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
470 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
471 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
472 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
473 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
474 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
475 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
476 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
477 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
478 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
479 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
480 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
481 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
482 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
483 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
484 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
485 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
486 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
487 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
488 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
489 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
490 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
491 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
492 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
493 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
494 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
495 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
496 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
497 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
498 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
499 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
500 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573

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