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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 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
402 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
403 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
404 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
405 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
406 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
407 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
408 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
409 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
410 Disable unused layout templates #5068
411 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
412 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
413 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
414 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
415 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
416 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
417 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
418 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
419 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
420 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
421 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
422 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
423 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
424 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
425 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
426 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
427 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
428 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
429 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
430 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
431 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
432 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
433 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
434 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
435 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
436 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
437 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
438 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
439 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
440 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
441 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
442 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
443 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
444 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
445 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
446 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
447 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
448 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
449 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
450 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
451 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
452 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
453 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
454 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
455 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
456 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
457 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
458 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
459 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
460 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
461 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
462 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
463 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
464 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
465 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
466 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
467 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
468 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
469 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
470 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
471 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
472 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
473 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
474 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
475 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
476 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
477 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
478 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
479 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
480 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
481 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
482 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
483 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
484 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
485 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
486 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
487 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
488 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
489 Add global site logo token #5871
490 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
491 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
492 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
493 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
494 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
495 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
496 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
497 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
498 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
499 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
500 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411

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