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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 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
402 Custom Block contextual link #4390
403 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
404 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
405 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
406 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
407 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
408 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
409 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
410 Better Book navigation links #4879
411 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
412 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
413 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
414 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
415 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
416 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
417 [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
418 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
419 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
420 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
421 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
422 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
423 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
424 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
425 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
426 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
427 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
428 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
429 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
430 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
431 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
432 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
433 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
434 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
435 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
436 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
437 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
438 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
439 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
440 Create a printable Status Report #5821
441 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
442 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
443 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
444 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
445 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
446 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
447 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
448 Comment administration improvements #2919
449 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
450 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
451 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
452 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
453 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
454 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
455 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
456 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
457 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
458 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
459 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
460 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
461 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
462 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
463 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
464 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
465 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
466 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
467 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
468 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
469 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
470 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
471 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
472 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
473 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
474 [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
475 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
476 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
477 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
478 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
479 Showcase core features during install #4138
480 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
481 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
482 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
483 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
484 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
485 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
486 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
487 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
488 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
489 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
490 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
491 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
492 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
493 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
494 Allow regions titles #2647
495 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
496 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
497 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
498 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
499 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
500 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659

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