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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 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
402 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
403 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
404 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
405 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
406 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
407 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
408 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
409 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
410 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
411 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
412 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
413 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
414 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
415 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
416 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
417 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
418 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
419 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
420 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
421 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
422 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
423 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
424 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
425 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
426 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
427 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
428 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
429 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
430 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
431 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
432 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
433 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
434 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
435 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
436 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
437 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
438 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
439 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
440 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
441 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
442 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
443 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
444 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
445 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
446 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
447 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
448 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
449 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
450 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
451 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
452 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
453 [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
454 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
455 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
456 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
457 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
458 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
459 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
460 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
461 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
462 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
463 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
464 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
465 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
466 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
467 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
468 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
469 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
470 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
471 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
472 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
473 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
474 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
475 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
476 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
477 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
478 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
479 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
480 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
481 [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
482 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
483 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
484 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
485 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
486 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
487 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
488 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
489 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
490 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
491 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
492 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
493 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
494 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
495 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
496 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
497 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
498 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
499 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
500 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182

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