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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 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
402 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
403 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
404 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
405 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
406 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
407 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
408 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
409 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
410 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
411 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
412 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
413 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
414 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
415 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
416 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
417 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
418 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
419 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
420 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
421 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
422 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
423 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
424 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
425 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
426 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
427 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
428 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
429 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
430 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
431 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
432 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
433 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
434 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
435 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
436 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
437 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
438 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
439 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
440 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
441 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
442 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
443 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
444 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
445 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
446 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
447 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
448 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
449 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
450 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
451 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
452 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
453 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
454 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
455 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
456 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
457 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
458 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
459 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
460 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
461 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
462 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
463 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
464 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
465 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
466 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
467 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
468 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
469 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
470 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
471 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
472 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
473 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
474 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
475 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
476 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
477 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
478 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
479 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
480 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
481 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
482 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
483 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
484 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
485 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
486 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
487 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
488 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
489 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
490 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
491 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
492 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
493 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
494 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
495 [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
496 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
497 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
498 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
499 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
500 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591

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