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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] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
402 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
403 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
404 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
405 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
406 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
407 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
408 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
409 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
410 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
411 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
412 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
413 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
414 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
415 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
416 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
417 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
418 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
419 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
420 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
421 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
422 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
423 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
424 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
425 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
426 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
427 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
428 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
429 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
430 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
431 [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
432 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
433 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
434 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
435 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
436 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
437 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
438 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
439 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
440 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
441 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
442 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
443 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
444 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
445 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
446 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
447 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
448 Cache settings via admin section #1434
449 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
450 'Unused' module detector #5020
451 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
452 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
453 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
454 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
455 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
456 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
457 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
458 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
459 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
460 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
461 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
462 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
463 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
464 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
465 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
466 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
467 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
468 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
469 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
470 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
471 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
472 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
473 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
474 Allow regions titles #2647
475 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
476 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
477 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
478 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
479 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
480 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
481 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
482 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
483 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
484 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
485 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
486 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
487 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
488 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
489 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
490 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
491 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
492 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
493 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
494 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
495 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
496 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
497 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
498 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
499 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
500 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755

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