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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 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
402 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
403 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
404 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
405 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
406 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
407 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
408 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
409 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
410 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
411 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
412 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
413 Cache settings via admin section #1434
414 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
415 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
416 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
417 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
418 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
419 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
420 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
421 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
422 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
423 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
424 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
425 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
426 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
427 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
428 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
429 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
430 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
431 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
432 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
433 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
434 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
435 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
436 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
437 Add global site logo token #5871
438 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
439 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
440 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
441 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
442 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
443 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
444 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
445 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
446 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
447 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
448 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
449 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
450 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
451 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
452 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
453 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
454 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
455 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
456 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
457 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
458 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
459 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
460 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
461 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
462 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
463 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
464 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
465 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
466 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
467 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
468 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
469 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
470 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
471 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
472 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
473 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
474 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
475 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
476 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
477 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
478 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
479 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
480 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
481 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
482 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
483 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
484 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
485 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
486 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
487 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
488 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
489 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
490 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
491 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
492 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
493 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
494 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
495 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
496 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
497 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
498 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
499 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
500 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944

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