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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] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
402 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
403 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
404 Add layouts into the search index #5128
405 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
406 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
407 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
408 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
409 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
410 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
411 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
412 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
413 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
414 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
415 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
416 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
417 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
418 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
419 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
420 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
421 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
422 Better Book navigation links #4879
423 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
424 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
425 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
426 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
427 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
428 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
429 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
430 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
431 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
432 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
433 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
434 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
435 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
436 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
437 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
438 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
439 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
440 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
441 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
442 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
443 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
444 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
445 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
446 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
447 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
448 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
449 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
450 Create a printable Status Report #5821
451 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
452 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
453 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
454 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
455 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
456 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
457 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
458 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
459 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
460 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
461 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
462 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
463 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
464 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
465 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
466 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
467 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
468 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
469 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
470 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
471 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
472 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
473 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
474 [WP] Media Library #3203
475 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
476 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
477 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
478 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
479 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
480 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
481 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
482 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
483 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
484 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
485 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
486 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
487 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
488 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
489 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
490 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
491 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
492 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
493 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
494 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
495 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
496 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
497 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
498 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
499 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
500 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007

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