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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 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
402 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
403 Add a new core theme #5175
404 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
405 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
406 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
407 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
408 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
409 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
410 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
411 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
412 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
413 Mobile first approach theme #4131
414 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
415 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
416 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
417 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
418 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
419 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
420 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
421 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
422 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
423 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
424 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
425 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
426 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
427 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
428 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
429 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
430 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
431 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
432 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
433 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
434 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
435 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
436 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
437 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
438 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
439 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
440 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
441 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
442 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
443 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
444 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
445 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
446 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
447 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
448 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
449 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
450 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
451 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
452 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
453 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
454 Comment administration improvements #2919
455 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
456 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
457 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
458 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
459 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
460 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
461 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
462 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
463 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
464 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
465 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
466 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
467 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
468 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
469 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
470 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
471 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
472 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
473 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
474 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
475 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
476 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
477 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
478 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
479 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
480 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
481 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
482 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
483 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
484 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
485 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
486 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
487 Rename default Contact form category #4703
488 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
489 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
490 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
491 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
492 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
493 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
494 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
495 Content creation page cleanup #202
496 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
497 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
498 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
499 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
500 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389

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