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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 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
402 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
403 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
404 [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
405 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
406 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
407 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
408 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
409 Add layouts into the search index #5128
410 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
411 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
412 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
413 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
414 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
415 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
416 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
417 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
418 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
419 [WP] Media Library #3203
420 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
421 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
422 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
423 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
424 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
425 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
426 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
427 Better Book navigation links #4879
428 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
429 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
430 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
431 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
432 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
433 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
434 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
435 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
436 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
437 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
438 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
439 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
440 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
441 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
442 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
443 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
444 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
445 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
446 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
447 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
448 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
449 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
450 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
451 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
452 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
453 Create a printable Status Report #5821
454 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
455 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
456 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
457 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
458 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
459 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
460 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
461 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
462 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
463 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
464 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
465 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
466 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
467 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
468 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
469 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
470 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
471 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
472 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
473 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
474 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
475 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
476 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
477 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
478 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
479 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
480 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
481 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
482 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
483 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
484 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
485 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
486 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
487 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
488 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
489 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
490 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
491 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
492 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
493 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
494 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
495 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
496 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
497 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
498 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
499 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
500 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875

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