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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] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
402 Add global site logo token #5871
403 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
404 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
405 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
406 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
407 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
408 [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
409 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
410 Add function that returns default config #3251
411 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
412 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
413 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
414 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
415 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
416 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
417 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
418 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
419 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
420 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
421 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
422 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
423 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
424 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
425 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
426 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
427 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
428 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
429 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
430 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
431 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
432 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
433 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
434 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
435 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
436 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
437 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
438 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
439 Content creation page cleanup #202
440 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
441 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
442 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
443 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
444 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
445 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
446 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
447 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
448 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
449 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
450 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
451 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
452 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
453 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
454 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
455 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
456 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
457 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
458 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
459 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
460 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
461 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
462 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
463 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
464 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
465 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
466 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
467 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
468 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
469 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
470 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
471 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
472 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
473 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
474 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
475 Menu router refactoring #2400
476 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
477 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
478 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
479 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
480 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
481 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
482 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
483 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
484 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
485 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
486 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
487 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
488 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
489 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
490 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
491 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
492 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
493 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
494 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
495 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
496 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
497 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
498 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
499 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
500 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915

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