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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] Introduce button group UI component #2643
402 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
403 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
404 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
405 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
406 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
407 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
408 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
409 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
410 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
411 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
412 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
413 Add layouts into the search index #5128
414 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
415 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
416 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
417 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
418 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
419 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
420 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
421 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
422 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
423 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
424 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
425 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
426 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
427 Double click prevention #6393
428 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
429 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
430 Better Book navigation links #4879
431 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
432 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
433 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
434 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
435 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
436 Redirects write to json files? #4001
437 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
438 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
439 uuid and entity import / export #890
440 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
441 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
442 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
443 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
444 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
445 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
446 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
447 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
448 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
449 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
450 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
451 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
452 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
453 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
454 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
455 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
456 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
457 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
458 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
459 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
460 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
461 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
462 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
463 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
464 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
465 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
466 Custom Block contextual link #4390
467 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
468 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
469 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
470 [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
471 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
472 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
473 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
474 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
475 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
476 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
477 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
478 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
479 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
480 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
481 Allow altering image style urls #5745
482 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
483 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
484 [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
485 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
486 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
487 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
488 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
489 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
490 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
491 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
492 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
493 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
494 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
495 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
496 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
497 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
498 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
499 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
500 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592

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