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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 help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
402 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
403 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
404 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
405 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
406 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
407 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
408 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
409 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
410 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
411 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
412 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
413 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
414 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
415 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
416 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
417 Better Book navigation links #4879
418 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
419 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
420 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
421 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
422 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
423 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
424 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
425 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
426 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
427 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
428 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
429 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
430 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
431 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
432 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
433 Seventy two theme #5928
434 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
435 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
436 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
437 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
438 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
439 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
440 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
441 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
442 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
443 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
444 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
445 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
446 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
447 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
448 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
449 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
450 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
451 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
452 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
453 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
454 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
455 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
456 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
457 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
458 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
459 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
460 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
461 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
462 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
463 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
464 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
465 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
466 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
467 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
468 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
469 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
470 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
471 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
472 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
473 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
474 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
475 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
476 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
477 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
478 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
479 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
480 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
481 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
482 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
483 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
484 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
485 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
486 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
487 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
488 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
489 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
490 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
491 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
492 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
493 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
494 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
495 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
496 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
497 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
498 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
499 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
500 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778

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