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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 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
402 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
403 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
404 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
405 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
406 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
407 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
408 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
409 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
410 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
411 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
412 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
413 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
414 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
415 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
416 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
417 [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
418 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
419 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
420 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
421 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
422 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
423 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
424 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
425 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
426 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
427 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
428 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
429 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
430 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
431 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
432 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
433 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
434 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
435 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
436 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
437 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
438 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
439 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
440 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
441 Create a printable Status Report #5821
442 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
443 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
444 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
445 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
446 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
447 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
448 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
449 Comment administration improvements #2919
450 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
451 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
452 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
453 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
454 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
455 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
456 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
457 Disable unused layout templates #5068
458 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
459 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
460 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
461 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
462 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
463 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
464 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
465 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
466 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
467 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
468 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
469 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
470 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
471 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
472 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
473 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
474 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
475 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
476 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
477 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
478 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
479 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
480 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
481 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
482 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
483 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
484 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
485 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
486 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
487 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
488 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
489 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
490 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
491 Allow regions titles #2647
492 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
493 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
494 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
495 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
496 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
497 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
498 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
499 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
500 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759

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