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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 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
402 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
403 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
404 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
405 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
406 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
407 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
408 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
409 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
410 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
411 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
412 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
413 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
414 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
415 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
416 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
417 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
418 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
419 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
420 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
421 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
422 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
423 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
424 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
425 [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
426 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
427 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
428 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
429 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
430 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
431 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
432 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
433 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
434 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
435 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
436 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
437 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
438 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
439 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
440 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
441 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
442 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
443 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
444 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
445 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
446 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
447 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
448 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
449 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
450 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
451 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
452 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
453 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
454 Use config for color module palettes #2554
455 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
456 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
457 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
458 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
459 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
460 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
461 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
462 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
463 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
464 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
465 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
466 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
467 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
468 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
469 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
470 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
471 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
472 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
473 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
474 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
475 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
476 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
477 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
478 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
479 [D8] Autosave content #3426
480 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
481 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
482 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
483 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
484 [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
485 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
486 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
487 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
488 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
489 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
490 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
491 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
492 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
493 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
494 [WP] Media Library #3203
495 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
496 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
497 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
498 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
499 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
500 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998

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