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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] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
402 Menu router refactoring #2400
403 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
404 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
405 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
406 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
407 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
408 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
409 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
410 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
411 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
412 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
413 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
414 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
415 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
416 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
417 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
418 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
419 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
420 Double click prevention #6393
421 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
422 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
423 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
424 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
425 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
426 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
427 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
428 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
429 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
430 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
431 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
432 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
433 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
434 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
435 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
436 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
437 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
438 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
439 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
440 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
441 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
442 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
443 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
444 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
445 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
446 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
447 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
448 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
449 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
450 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
451 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
452 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
453 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
454 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
455 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
456 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
457 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
458 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
459 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
460 [D8] Autosave content #3426
461 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
462 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
463 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
464 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
465 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
466 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
467 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
468 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
469 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
470 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
471 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
472 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
473 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
474 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
475 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
476 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
477 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
478 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
479 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
480 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
481 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
482 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
483 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
484 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
485 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
486 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
487 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
488 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
489 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
490 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
491 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
492 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
493 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
494 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
495 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
496 Allow altering image style urls #5745
497 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
498 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
499 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
500 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308

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