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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 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
402 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
403 'Unused' module detector #5020
404 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
405 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
406 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
407 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
408 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
409 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
410 More useful tags for views #6268
411 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
412 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
413 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
414 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
415 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
416 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
417 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
418 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
419 One click install for digitalocean #5628
420 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
421 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
422 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
423 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
424 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
425 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
426 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
427 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
428 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
429 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
430 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
431 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
432 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
433 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
434 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
435 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
436 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
437 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
438 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
439 Showcase core features during install #4138
440 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
441 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
442 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
443 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
444 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
445 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
446 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
447 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
448 [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
449 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
450 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
451 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
452 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
453 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
454 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
455 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
456 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
457 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
458 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
459 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
460 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
461 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
462 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
463 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
464 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
465 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
466 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
467 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
468 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
469 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
470 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
471 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
472 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
473 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
474 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
475 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
476 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
477 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
478 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
479 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
480 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
481 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
482 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
483 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
484 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
485 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
486 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
487 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
488 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
489 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
490 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
491 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
492 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
493 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
494 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
495 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
496 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
497 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
498 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
499 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
500 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979

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