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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 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
402 Mobile first approach theme #4131
403 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
404 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
405 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
406 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
407 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
408 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
409 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
410 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
411 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
412 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
413 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
414 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
415 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
416 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
417 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
418 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
419 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
420 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
421 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
422 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
423 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
424 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
425 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
426 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
427 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
428 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
429 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
430 Better Book navigation links #4879
431 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
432 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
433 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
434 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
435 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
436 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
437 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
438 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
439 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
440 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
441 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
442 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
443 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
444 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
445 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
446 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
447 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
448 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
449 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
450 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
451 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
452 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
453 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
454 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
455 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
456 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
457 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
458 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
459 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
460 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
461 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
462 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
463 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
464 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
465 Rename default Contact form category #4703
466 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
467 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
468 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
469 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
470 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
471 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
472 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
473 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
474 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
475 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
476 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
477 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
478 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
479 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
480 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
481 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
482 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
483 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
484 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
485 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
486 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
487 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
488 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
489 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
490 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
491 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
492 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
493 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
494 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
495 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
496 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
497 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
498 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
499 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
500 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769

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