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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 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
402 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
403 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
404 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
405 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
406 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
407 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
408 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
409 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
410 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
411 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
412 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
413 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
414 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
415 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
416 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
417 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
418 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
419 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
420 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
421 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
422 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
423 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
424 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
425 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
426 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
427 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
428 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
429 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
430 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
431 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
432 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
433 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
434 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
435 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
436 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
437 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
438 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
439 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
440 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
441 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
442 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
443 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
444 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
445 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
446 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
447 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
448 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
449 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
450 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
451 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
452 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
453 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
454 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
455 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
456 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
457 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
458 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
459 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
460 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
461 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
462 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
463 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
464 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
465 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
466 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
467 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
468 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
469 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
470 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
471 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
472 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
473 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
474 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
475 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
476 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
477 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
478 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
479 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
480 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
481 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
482 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
483 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
484 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
485 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
486 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
487 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
488 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
489 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
490 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
491 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
492 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
493 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
494 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
495 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
496 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
497 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
498 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
499 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
500 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938

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