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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] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
402 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
403 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
404 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
405 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
406 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
407 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
408 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
409 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
410 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
411 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
412 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
413 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
414 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
415 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
416 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
417 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
418 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
419 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
420 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
421 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
422 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
423 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
424 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
425 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
426 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
427 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
428 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
429 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
430 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
431 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
432 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
433 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
434 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
435 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
436 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
437 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
438 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
439 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
440 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
441 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
442 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
443 [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
444 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
445 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
446 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
447 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
448 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
449 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
450 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
451 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
452 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
453 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
454 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
455 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
456 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
457 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
458 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
459 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
460 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
461 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
462 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
463 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
464 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
465 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
466 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
467 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
468 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
469 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
470 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
471 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
472 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
473 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
474 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
475 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
476 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
477 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
478 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
479 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
480 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
481 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
482 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
483 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
484 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
485 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
486 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
487 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
488 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
489 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
490 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
491 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
492 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
493 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
494 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
495 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
496 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
497 Create "Current Node" block #5774
498 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
499 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
500 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589

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