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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 block class module backdrop core. #3682
402 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
403 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
404 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
405 Remove syslog module from core #1260
406 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
407 Add layouts into the search index #5128
408 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
409 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
410 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
411 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
412 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
413 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
414 Comment administration improvements #2919
415 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
416 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
417 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
418 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
419 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
420 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
421 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
422 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
423 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
424 Better Book navigation links #4879
425 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
426 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
427 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
428 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
429 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
430 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
431 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
432 [UX] Branding and Version info on Installation Screens #1584
433 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
434 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
435 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
436 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
437 [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
438 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
439 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
440 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
441 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
442 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
443 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
444 Redirects write to json files? #4001
445 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
446 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
447 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
448 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
449 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
450 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
451 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
452 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
453 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
454 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
455 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
456 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
457 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
458 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
459 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
460 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
461 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
462 Allow regions titles #2647
463 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
464 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
465 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
466 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
467 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
468 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
469 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
470 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
471 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
472 Custom Block contextual link #4390
473 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
474 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
475 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
476 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
477 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
478 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
479 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
480 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
481 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
482 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
483 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
484 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
485 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
486 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
487 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
488 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
489 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
490 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
491 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
492 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
493 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
494 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
495 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
496 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
497 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
498 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
499 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
500 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606

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