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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 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
402 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
403 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
404 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
405 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
406 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
407 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
408 Better Book navigation links #4879
409 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
410 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
411 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
412 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
413 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
414 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
415 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
416 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
417 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
418 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
419 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
420 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
421 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
422 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
423 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
424 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
425 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
426 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
427 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
428 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
429 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
430 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
431 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
432 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
433 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
434 [D8] Autosave content #3426
435 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
436 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
437 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
438 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
439 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
440 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
441 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
442 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
443 Mobile first approach theme #4131
444 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
445 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
446 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
447 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
448 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
449 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
450 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
451 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
452 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
453 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
454 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
455 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
456 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
457 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
458 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
459 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
460 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
461 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
462 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
463 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
464 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
465 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
466 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
467 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
468 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
469 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
470 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
471 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
472 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
473 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
474 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
475 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
476 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
477 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
478 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
479 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
480 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
481 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
482 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
483 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
484 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
485 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
486 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
487 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
488 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
489 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
490 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
491 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
492 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
493 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
494 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
495 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
496 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
497 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
498 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
499 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
500 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861

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