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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 a views filter handler for project properties #5904
402 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
403 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
404 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
405 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
406 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
407 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
408 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
409 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
410 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
411 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
412 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
413 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
414 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
415 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
416 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
417 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
418 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
419 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
420 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
421 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
422 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
423 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
424 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
425 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
426 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
427 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
428 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
429 Better Book navigation links #4879
430 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
431 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
432 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
433 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
434 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
435 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
436 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
437 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
438 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
439 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
440 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
441 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
442 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
443 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
444 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
445 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
446 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
447 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
448 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
449 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
450 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
451 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
452 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
453 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
454 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
455 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
456 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
457 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
458 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
459 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
460 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
461 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
462 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
463 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
464 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
465 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
466 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
467 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
468 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
469 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
470 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
471 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
472 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
473 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
474 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
475 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
476 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
477 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
478 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
479 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
480 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
481 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
482 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
483 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
484 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
485 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
486 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
487 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
488 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
489 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
490 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
491 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
492 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
493 [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
494 [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
495 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
496 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
497 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
498 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
499 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
500 [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

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