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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 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
402 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
403 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
404 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
405 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
406 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
407 Add layouts into the search index #5128
408 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
409 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
410 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
411 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
412 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
413 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
414 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
415 [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
416 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
417 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
418 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
419 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
420 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
421 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
422 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
423 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
424 Better Book navigation links #4879
425 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
426 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
427 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
428 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
429 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
430 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
431 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
432 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
433 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
434 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
435 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
436 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
437 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
438 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
439 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
440 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
441 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
442 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
443 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
444 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
445 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
446 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
447 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
448 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
449 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
450 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
451 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
452 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
453 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
454 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
455 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
456 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
457 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
458 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
459 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
460 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
461 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
462 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
463 [D8] Autosave content #3426
464 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
465 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
466 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
467 [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
468 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
469 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
470 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
471 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
472 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
473 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
474 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
475 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
476 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
477 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
478 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
479 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
480 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
481 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
482 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
483 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
484 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
485 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
486 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
487 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
488 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
489 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
490 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
491 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
492 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
493 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
494 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
495 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
496 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
497 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
498 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
499 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
500 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669

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