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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 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
402 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
403 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
404 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
405 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
406 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
407 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
408 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
409 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
410 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
411 [D8] Autosave content #3426
412 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
413 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
414 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
415 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
416 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
417 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
418 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
419 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
420 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
421 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
422 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
423 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
424 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
425 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
426 [WP] Media Library #3203
427 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
428 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
429 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
430 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
431 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
432 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
433 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
434 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
435 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
436 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
437 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
438 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
439 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
440 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
441 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
442 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
443 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
444 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
445 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
446 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
447 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
448 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
449 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
450 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
451 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
452 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
453 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
454 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
455 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
456 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
457 More useful tags for views #6268
458 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
459 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
460 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
461 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
462 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
463 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
464 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
465 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
466 Mobile first approach theme #4131
467 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
468 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
469 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
470 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
471 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
472 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
473 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
474 Add state_override function to core #4725
475 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
476 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
477 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
478 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
479 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
480 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
481 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
482 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
483 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
484 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
485 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
486 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
487 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
488 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
489 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
490 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
491 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
492 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
493 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
494 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
495 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
496 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
497 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
498 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
499 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
500 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928

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