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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 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
402 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
403 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
404 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
405 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
406 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
407 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
408 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
409 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
410 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
411 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
412 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
413 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
414 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
415 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
416 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
417 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
418 Search terms along with nodes #3850
419 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
420 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
421 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
422 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
423 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
424 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
425 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
426 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
427 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
428 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
429 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
430 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
431 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
432 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
433 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
434 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
435 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
436 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
437 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
438 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
439 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
440 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
441 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
442 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
443 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
444 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
445 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
446 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
447 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
448 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
449 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
450 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
451 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
452 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
453 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
454 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
455 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
456 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
457 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
458 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
459 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
460 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
461 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
462 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
463 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
464 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
465 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
466 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
467 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
468 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
469 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
470 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
471 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
472 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
473 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
474 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
475 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
476 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
477 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
478 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
479 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
480 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
481 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
482 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
483 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
484 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
485 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
486 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
487 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
488 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
489 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
490 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
491 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
492 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
493 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
494 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
495 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
496 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
497 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
498 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
499 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
500 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444

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