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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 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
402 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
403 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
404 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
405 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
406 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
407 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
408 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
409 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
410 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
411 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
412 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
413 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
414 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
415 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
416 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
417 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
418 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
419 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
420 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
421 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
422 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
423 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
424 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
425 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
426 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
427 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
428 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
429 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
430 Add state_override function to core #4725
431 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
432 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
433 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
434 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
435 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
436 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
437 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
438 More useful tags for views #6268
439 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
440 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
441 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
442 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
443 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
444 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
445 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
446 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
447 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
448 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
449 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
450 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
451 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
452 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
453 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
454 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
455 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
456 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
457 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
458 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
459 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
460 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
461 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
462 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
463 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
464 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
465 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
466 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
467 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
468 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
469 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
470 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
471 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
472 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
473 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
474 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
475 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
476 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
477 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
478 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
479 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
480 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
481 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
482 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
483 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
484 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
485 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
486 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
487 Comment administration improvements #2919
488 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
489 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
490 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
491 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
492 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
493 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
494 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
495 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
496 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
497 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
498 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
499 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
500 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544

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