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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] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
403 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
404 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
405 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
406 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
407 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
408 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
409 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
410 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
411 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
412 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
413 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
414 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
415 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
416 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
417 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
418 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
419 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
420 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
421 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
422 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
423 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
424 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
425 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
426 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
427 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
428 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
429 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
430 Create "Current Node" block #5774
431 Redirects write to json files? #4001
432 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
433 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
434 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
435 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
436 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
437 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
438 [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
439 Better Book navigation links #4879
440 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
441 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
442 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
443 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
444 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
445 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
446 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
447 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
448 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
449 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
450 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
451 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
452 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
453 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
454 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
455 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
456 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
457 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
458 Custom Block contextual link #4390
459 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
460 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
461 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
462 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
463 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
464 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
465 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
466 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
467 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
468 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
469 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
470 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
471 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
472 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
473 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
474 Seventy two theme #5928
475 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
476 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
477 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
478 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
479 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
480 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
481 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
482 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
483 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
484 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
485 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
486 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
487 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
488 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
489 [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
490 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
491 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
492 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
493 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
494 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
495 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
496 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
497 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
498 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
499 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
500 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789

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