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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][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
402 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
403 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
404 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
405 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
406 Custom Block contextual link #4390
407 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
408 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
409 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
410 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
411 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
412 Better Book navigation links #4879
413 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
414 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
415 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
416 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
417 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
418 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
419 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
420 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
421 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
422 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
423 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
424 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
425 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
426 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
427 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
428 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
429 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
430 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
431 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
432 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
433 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
434 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
435 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
436 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
437 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
438 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
439 [D8] Autosave content #3426
440 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
441 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
442 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
443 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
444 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
445 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
446 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
447 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
448 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
449 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
450 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
451 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
452 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
453 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
454 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
455 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
456 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
457 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
458 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
459 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
460 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
461 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
462 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
463 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
464 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
465 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
466 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
467 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
468 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
469 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
470 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
471 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
472 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
473 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
474 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
475 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
476 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
477 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
478 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
479 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
480 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
481 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
482 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
483 Showcase core features during install #4138
484 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
485 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
486 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
487 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
488 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
489 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
490 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
491 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
492 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
493 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
494 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
495 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
496 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
497 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
498 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
499 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
500 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217

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