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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] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
402 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
403 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
404 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
405 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
406 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
407 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
408 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
409 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
410 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
411 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
412 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
413 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
414 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
415 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
416 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
417 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
418 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
419 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
420 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
421 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
422 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
423 Showcase core features during install #4138
424 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
425 [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
426 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
427 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
428 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
429 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
430 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
431 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
432 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
433 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
434 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
435 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
436 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
437 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
438 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
439 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
440 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
441 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
442 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
443 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
444 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
445 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
446 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
447 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
448 Disable unused layout templates #5068
449 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
450 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
451 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
452 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
453 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
454 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
455 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
456 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
457 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
458 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
459 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
460 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
461 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
462 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
463 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
464 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
465 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
466 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
467 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
468 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
469 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
470 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
471 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
472 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
473 [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
474 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
475 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
476 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
477 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
478 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
479 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
480 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
481 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
482 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
483 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
484 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
485 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
486 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
487 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
488 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
489 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
490 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
491 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
492 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
493 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
494 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
495 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
496 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
497 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
498 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
499 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
500 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938

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