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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 Comment administration improvements #2919
402 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
403 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
404 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
405 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
406 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
407 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
408 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
409 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
410 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
411 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
412 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
413 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
414 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
415 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
416 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
417 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
418 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
419 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
420 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
421 Double click prevention #6393
422 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
423 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
424 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
425 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
426 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
427 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
428 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
429 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
430 Content creation page cleanup #202
431 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
432 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
433 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
434 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
435 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
436 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
437 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
438 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
439 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
440 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
441 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
442 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
443 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
444 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
445 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
446 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
447 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
448 Allow regions titles #2647
449 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
450 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
451 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
452 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
453 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
454 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
455 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
456 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
457 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
458 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
459 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
460 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
461 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
462 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
463 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
464 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
465 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
466 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
467 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
468 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
469 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
470 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
471 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
472 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
473 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
474 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
475 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
476 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
477 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
478 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
479 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
480 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
481 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
482 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
483 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
484 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
485 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
486 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
487 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
488 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
489 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
490 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
491 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
492 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
493 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
494 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
495 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
496 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
497 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
498 [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
499 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
500 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738

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