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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] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
402 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
403 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
404 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
405 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
406 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
407 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
408 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
409 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
410 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
411 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
412 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
413 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
414 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
415 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
416 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
417 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
418 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
419 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
420 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
421 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
422 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
423 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
424 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
425 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
426 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
427 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
428 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
429 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
430 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
431 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
432 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
433 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
434 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
435 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
436 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
437 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
438 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
439 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
440 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
441 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
442 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
443 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
444 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
445 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
446 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
447 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
448 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
449 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
450 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
451 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
452 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
453 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
454 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
455 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
456 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
457 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
458 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
459 'Unused' module detector #5020
460 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
461 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
462 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
463 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
464 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
465 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
466 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
467 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
468 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
469 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
470 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
471 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
472 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
473 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
474 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
475 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
476 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
477 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
478 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
479 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
480 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
481 [WP] Media Library #3203
482 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
483 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
484 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
485 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
486 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
487 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
488 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
489 Create "Current Node" block #5774
490 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
491 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
492 Rename default Contact form category #4703
493 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
494 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
495 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
496 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
497 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
498 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
499 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
500 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120

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