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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 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
402 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
403 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
404 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
405 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
406 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
407 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
408 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
409 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
410 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
411 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
412 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
413 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
414 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
415 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
416 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
417 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
418 Use config for color module palettes #2554
419 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
420 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
421 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
422 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
423 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
424 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
425 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
426 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
427 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
428 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
429 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
430 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
431 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
432 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
433 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
434 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
435 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
436 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
437 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
438 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
439 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
440 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
441 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
442 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
443 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
444 [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
445 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
446 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
447 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
448 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
449 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
450 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
451 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
452 [WP] Media Library #3203
453 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
454 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
455 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
456 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
457 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
458 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
459 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
460 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
461 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
462 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
463 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
464 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
465 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
466 More useful tags for views #6268
467 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
468 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
469 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
470 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
471 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
472 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
473 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
474 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
475 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
476 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
477 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
478 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
479 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
480 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
481 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
482 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
483 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
484 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
485 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
486 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
487 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
488 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
489 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
490 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
491 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
492 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
493 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
494 Remove syslog module from core #1260
495 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
496 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
497 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
498 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
499 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
500 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586

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