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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 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
402 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
403 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
404 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
405 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
406 Menu router refactoring #2400
407 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
408 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
409 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
410 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
411 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
412 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
413 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
414 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
415 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
416 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
417 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
418 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
419 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
420 Allow regions titles #2647
421 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
422 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
423 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
424 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
425 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
426 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
427 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
428 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
429 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
430 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
431 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
432 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
433 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
434 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
435 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
436 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
437 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
438 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
439 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
440 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
441 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
442 Search terms along with nodes #3850
443 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
444 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
445 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
446 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
447 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
448 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
449 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
450 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
451 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
452 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
453 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
454 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
455 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
456 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
457 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
458 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
459 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
460 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
461 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
462 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
463 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
464 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
465 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
466 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
467 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
468 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
469 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
470 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
471 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
472 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
473 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
474 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
475 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
476 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
477 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
478 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
479 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
480 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
481 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
482 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
483 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
484 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
485 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
486 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
487 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
488 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
489 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
490 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
491 Add function that returns default config #3251
492 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
493 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
494 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
495 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
496 Disable unused layout templates #5068
497 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
498 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
499 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
500 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612

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