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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 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
403 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
404 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
405 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
406 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
407 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
408 More useful tags for views #6268
409 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
410 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
411 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
412 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
413 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
414 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
415 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
416 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
417 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
418 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
419 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
420 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
421 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
422 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
423 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
424 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
425 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
426 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
427 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
428 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
429 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
430 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
431 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
432 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
433 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
434 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
435 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
436 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
437 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
438 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
439 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
440 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
441 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
442 Showcase core features during install #4138
443 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
444 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
445 Menu router refactoring #2400
446 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
447 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
448 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
449 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
450 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
451 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
452 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
453 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
454 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
455 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
456 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
457 Add layouts into the search index #5128
458 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
459 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
460 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
461 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
462 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
463 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
464 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
465 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
466 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
467 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
468 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
469 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
470 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
471 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
472 Better Book navigation links #4879
473 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
474 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
475 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
476 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
477 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
478 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
479 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
480 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
481 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
482 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
483 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
484 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
485 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
486 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
487 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
488 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
489 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
490 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
491 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
492 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
493 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
494 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
495 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
496 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
497 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
498 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
499 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
500 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364

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