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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] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
402 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
403 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
404 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
405 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
406 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
407 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
408 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
409 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
410 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
411 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
412 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
413 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
414 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
415 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
416 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
417 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
418 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
419 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
420 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
421 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
422 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
423 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
424 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
425 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
426 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
427 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
428 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
429 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
430 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
431 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
432 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
433 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
434 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
435 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
436 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
437 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
438 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
439 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
440 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
441 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
442 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
443 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
444 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
445 Use config for color module palettes #2554
446 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
447 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
448 More useful tags for views #6268
449 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
450 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
451 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
452 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
453 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
454 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
455 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
456 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
457 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
458 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
459 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
460 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
461 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
462 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
463 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
464 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
465 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
466 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
467 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
468 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
469 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
470 [D8] Autosave content #3426
471 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
472 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
473 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
474 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
475 [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
476 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
477 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
478 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
479 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
480 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
481 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
482 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
483 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
484 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
485 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
486 [WP] Media Library #3203
487 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
488 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
489 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
490 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
491 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
492 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
493 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
494 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
495 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
496 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
497 Mobile first approach theme #4131
498 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
499 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
500 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006

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