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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] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
402 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
403 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
404 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
405 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
406 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
407 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
408 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
409 Cache settings via admin section #1434
410 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
411 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
412 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
413 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
414 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
415 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
416 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
417 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
418 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
419 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
420 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
421 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
422 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
423 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
424 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
425 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
426 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
427 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
428 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
429 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
430 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
431 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
432 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
433 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
434 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
435 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
436 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
437 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
438 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
439 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
440 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
441 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
442 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
443 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
444 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
445 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
446 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
447 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
448 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
449 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
450 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
451 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
452 Allow altering image style urls #5745
453 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
454 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
455 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
456 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
457 [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
458 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
459 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
460 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
461 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
462 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
463 Comment administration improvements #2919
464 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
465 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
466 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
467 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
468 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
469 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
470 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
471 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
472 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
473 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
474 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
475 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
476 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
477 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
478 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
479 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
480 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
481 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
482 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
483 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
484 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
485 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
486 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
487 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
488 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
489 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
490 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
491 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
492 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
493 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
494 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
495 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
496 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
497 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
498 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
499 One click install for digitalocean #5628
500 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107

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