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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 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
402 Add layouts into the search index #5128
403 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
404 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
405 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
406 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
407 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
408 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
409 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
410 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
411 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
412 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
413 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
414 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
415 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
416 Double click prevention #6393
417 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
418 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
419 Better Book navigation links #4879
420 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
421 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
422 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
423 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
424 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
425 Redirects write to json files? #4001
426 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
427 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
428 uuid and entity import / export #890
429 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
430 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
431 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
432 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
433 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
434 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
435 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
436 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
437 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
438 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
439 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
440 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
441 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
442 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
443 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
444 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
445 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
446 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
447 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
448 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
449 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
450 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
451 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
452 Custom Block contextual link #4390
453 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
454 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
455 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
456 [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
457 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
458 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
459 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
460 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
461 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
462 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
463 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
464 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
465 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
466 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
467 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
468 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
469 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
470 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
471 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
472 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
473 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
474 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
475 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
476 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
477 [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
478 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
479 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
480 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
481 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
482 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
483 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
484 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
485 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
486 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
487 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
488 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
489 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
490 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
491 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
492 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
493 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
494 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
495 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
496 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
497 Allow altering image style urls #5745
498 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
499 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
500 [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

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