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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 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
402 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
403 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
404 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
405 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
406 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
407 Add a new core theme #5175
408 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
409 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
410 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
411 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
412 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
413 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
414 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
415 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
416 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
417 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
418 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
419 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
420 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
421 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
422 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
423 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
424 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
425 Trim textfields? #6386
426 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
427 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
428 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
429 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
430 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
431 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
432 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
433 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
434 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
435 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
436 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
437 [WP] Media Library #3203
438 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
439 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
440 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
441 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
442 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
443 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
444 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
445 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
446 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
447 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
448 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
449 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
450 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
451 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
452 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
453 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
454 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
455 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
456 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
457 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
458 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
459 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
460 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
461 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
462 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
463 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
464 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
465 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
466 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
467 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
468 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
469 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
470 Remove syslog module from core #1260
471 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
472 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
473 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
474 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
475 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
476 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
477 Double click prevention #6393
478 Search terms along with nodes #3850
479 Redirects write to json files? #4001
480 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
481 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
482 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
483 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
484 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
485 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
486 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
487 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
488 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
489 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
490 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
491 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
492 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
493 [UX] Branding and Version info on Installation Screens #1584
494 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
495 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
496 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
497 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
498 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
499 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
500 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914

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