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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 layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
402 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
403 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
404 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
405 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
406 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
407 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
408 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
409 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
410 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
411 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
412 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
413 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
414 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
415 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
416 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
417 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
418 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
419 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
420 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
421 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
422 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
423 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
424 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
425 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
426 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
427 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
428 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
429 [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
430 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
431 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
432 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
433 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
434 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
435 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
436 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
437 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
438 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
439 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
440 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
441 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
442 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
443 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
444 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
445 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
446 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
447 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
448 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
449 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
450 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
451 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
452 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
453 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
454 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
455 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
456 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
457 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
458 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
459 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
460 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
461 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
462 [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
463 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
464 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
465 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
466 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
467 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
468 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
469 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
470 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
471 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
472 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
473 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
474 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
475 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
476 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
477 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
478 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
479 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
480 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
481 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
482 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
483 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
484 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
485 Add global site logo token #5871
486 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
487 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
488 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
489 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
490 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
491 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
492 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
493 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
494 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
495 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
496 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
497 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
498 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
499 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
500 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659

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