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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 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
402 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
403 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
404 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
405 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
406 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
407 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
408 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
409 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
410 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
411 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
412 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
413 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
414 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
415 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
416 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
417 [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
418 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
419 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
420 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
421 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
422 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
423 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
424 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
425 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
426 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
427 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
428 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
429 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
430 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
431 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
432 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
433 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
434 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
435 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
436 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
437 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
438 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
439 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
440 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
441 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
442 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
443 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
444 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
445 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
446 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
447 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
448 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
449 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
450 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
451 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
452 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
453 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
454 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
455 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
456 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
457 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
458 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
459 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
460 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
461 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
462 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
463 [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
464 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
465 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
466 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
467 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
468 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
469 Create a printable Status Report #5821
470 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
471 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
472 [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
473 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
474 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
475 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
476 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
477 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
478 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
479 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
480 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
481 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
482 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
483 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
484 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
485 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
486 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
487 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
488 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
489 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
490 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
491 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
492 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
493 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
494 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
495 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
496 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
497 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
498 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
499 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
500 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179

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