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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] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
402 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
403 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
404 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
405 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
406 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
407 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
408 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
409 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
410 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
411 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
412 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
413 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
414 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
415 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
416 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
417 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
418 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
419 Redirects write to json files? #4001
420 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
421 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
422 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
423 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
424 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
425 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
426 Content creation page cleanup #202
427 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
428 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
429 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
430 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
431 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
432 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
433 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
434 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
435 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
436 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
437 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
438 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
439 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
440 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
441 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
442 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
443 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
444 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
445 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
446 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
447 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
448 Custom Block contextual link #4390
449 Allow altering image style urls #5745
450 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
451 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
452 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
453 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
454 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
455 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
456 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
457 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
458 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
459 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
460 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
461 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
462 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
463 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
464 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
465 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
466 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
467 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
468 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
469 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
470 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
471 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
472 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
473 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
474 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
475 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
476 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
477 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
478 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
479 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
480 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
481 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
482 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
483 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
484 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
485 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
486 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
487 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
488 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
489 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
490 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
491 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
492 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
493 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
494 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
495 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
496 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
497 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
498 Comment administration improvements #2919
499 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
500 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583

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