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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 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
402 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
403 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
404 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
405 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
406 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
407 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
408 Create a printable Status Report #5821
409 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
410 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
411 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
412 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
413 Allow regions titles #2647
414 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
415 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
416 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
417 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
418 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
419 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
420 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
421 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
422 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
423 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
424 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
425 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
426 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
427 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
428 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
429 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
430 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
431 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
432 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
433 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
434 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
435 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
436 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
437 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
438 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
439 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
440 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
441 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
442 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
443 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
444 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
445 [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
446 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
447 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
448 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
449 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
450 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
451 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
452 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
453 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
454 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
455 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
456 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
457 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
458 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
459 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
460 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
461 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
462 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
463 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
464 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
465 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
466 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
467 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
468 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
469 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
470 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
471 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
472 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
473 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
474 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
475 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
476 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
477 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
478 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
479 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
480 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
481 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
482 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
483 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
484 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
485 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
486 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
487 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
488 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
489 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
490 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
491 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
492 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
493 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
494 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
495 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
496 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
497 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
498 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
499 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
500 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644

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