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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 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
402 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
403 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
404 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
405 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
406 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
407 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
408 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
409 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
410 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
411 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
412 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
413 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
414 [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
415 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
416 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
417 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
418 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
419 [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
420 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
421 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
422 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
423 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
424 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
425 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
426 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
427 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
428 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
429 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
430 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
431 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
432 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
433 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
434 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
435 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
436 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
437 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
438 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
439 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
440 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
441 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
442 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
443 Use config for color module palettes #2554
444 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
445 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
446 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
447 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
448 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
449 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
450 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
451 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
452 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
453 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
454 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
455 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
456 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
457 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
458 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
459 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
460 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
461 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
462 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
463 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
464 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
465 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
466 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
467 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
468 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
469 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
470 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
471 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
472 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
473 [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
474 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
475 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
476 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
477 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
478 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
479 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
480 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
481 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
482 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
483 [WP] Media Library #3203
484 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
485 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
486 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
487 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
488 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
489 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
490 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
491 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
492 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
493 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
494 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
495 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
496 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
497 [D8] Autosave content #3426
498 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
499 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
500 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974

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