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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 ability to edit a revision's message #5861
402 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
403 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
404 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
405 [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
406 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
407 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
408 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
409 Mobile first approach theme #4131
410 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
411 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
412 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
413 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
414 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
415 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
416 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
417 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
418 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
419 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
420 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
421 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
422 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
423 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
424 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
425 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
426 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
427 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
428 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
429 Add global site logo token #5871
430 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
431 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
432 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
433 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
434 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
435 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
436 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
437 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
438 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
439 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
440 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
441 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
442 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
443 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
444 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
445 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
446 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
447 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
448 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
449 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
450 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
451 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
452 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
453 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
454 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
455 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
456 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
457 Remove syslog module from core #1260
458 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
459 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
460 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
461 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
462 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
463 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
464 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
465 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
466 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
467 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
468 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
469 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
470 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
471 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
472 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
473 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
474 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
475 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
476 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
477 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
478 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
479 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
480 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
481 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
482 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
483 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
484 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
485 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
486 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
487 [UX] Branding and Version info on Installation Screens #1584
488 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
489 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
490 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
491 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
492 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
493 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
494 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
495 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
496 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
497 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
498 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
499 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
500 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479

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