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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 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
402 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
403 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
404 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
405 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
406 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
407 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
408 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
409 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
410 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
411 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
412 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
413 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
414 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
415 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
416 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
417 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
418 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
419 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
420 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
421 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
422 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
423 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
424 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
425 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
426 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
427 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
428 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
429 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
430 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
431 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
432 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
433 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
434 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
435 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
436 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
437 One click install for digitalocean #5628
438 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
439 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
440 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
441 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
442 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
443 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
444 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
445 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
446 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
447 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
448 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
449 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
450 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
451 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
452 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
453 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
454 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
455 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
456 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
457 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
458 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
459 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
460 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
461 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
462 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
463 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
464 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
465 [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
466 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
467 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
468 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
469 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
470 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
471 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
472 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
473 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
474 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
475 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
476 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
477 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
478 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
479 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
480 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
481 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
482 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
483 Rename default Contact form category #4703
484 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
485 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
486 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
487 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
488 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
489 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
490 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
491 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
492 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
493 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
494 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
495 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
496 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
497 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
498 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
499 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
500 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910

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