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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 and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
402 Add layouts into the search index #5128
403 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
404 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
405 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
406 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
407 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
408 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
409 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
410 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
411 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
412 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
413 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
414 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
415 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
416 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
417 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
418 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
419 Better Book navigation links #4879
420 [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
421 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
422 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
423 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
424 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
425 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
426 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
427 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
428 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
429 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
430 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
431 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
432 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
433 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
434 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
435 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
436 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
437 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
438 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
439 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
440 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
441 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
442 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
443 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
444 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
445 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
446 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
447 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
448 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
449 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
450 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
451 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
452 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
453 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
454 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
455 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
456 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
457 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
458 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
459 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
460 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
461 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
462 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
463 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
464 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
465 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
466 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
467 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
468 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
469 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
470 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
471 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
472 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
473 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
474 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
475 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
476 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
477 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
478 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
479 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
480 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
481 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
482 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
483 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
484 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
485 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
486 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
487 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
488 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
489 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
490 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
491 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
492 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
493 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
494 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
495 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
496 Add function that returns default config #3251
497 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
498 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
499 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
500 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414

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