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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 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
402 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
403 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
404 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
405 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
406 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
407 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
408 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
409 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
410 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
411 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
412 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
413 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
414 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
415 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
416 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
417 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
418 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
419 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
420 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
421 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
422 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
423 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
424 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
425 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
426 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
427 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
428 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
429 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
430 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
431 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
432 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
433 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
434 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
435 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
436 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
437 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
438 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
439 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
440 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
441 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
442 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
443 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
444 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
445 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
446 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
447 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
448 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
449 [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
450 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
451 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
452 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
453 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
454 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
455 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
456 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
457 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
458 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
459 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
460 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
461 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
462 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
463 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
464 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
465 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
466 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
467 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
468 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
469 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
470 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
471 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
472 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
473 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
474 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
475 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
476 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
477 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
478 [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
479 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
480 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
481 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
482 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
483 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
484 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
485 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
486 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
487 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
488 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
489 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
490 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
491 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
492 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
493 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
494 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
495 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
496 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
497 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
498 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
499 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
500 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040

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