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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] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
402 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
403 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
404 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
405 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
406 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
407 Comment administration improvements #2919
408 Mobile first approach theme #4131
409 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
410 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
411 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
412 Seventy two theme #5928
413 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
414 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
415 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
416 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
417 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
418 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
419 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
420 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
421 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
422 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
423 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
424 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
425 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
426 [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
427 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
428 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
429 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
430 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
431 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
432 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
433 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
434 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
435 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
436 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
437 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
438 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
439 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
440 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
441 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
442 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
443 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
444 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
445 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
446 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
447 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
448 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
449 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
450 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
451 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
452 Allow regions titles #2647
453 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
454 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
455 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
456 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
457 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
458 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
459 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
460 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
461 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
462 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
463 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
464 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
465 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
466 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
467 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
468 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
469 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
470 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
471 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
472 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
473 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
474 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
475 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
476 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
477 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
478 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
479 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
480 Rename default Contact form category #4703
481 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
482 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
483 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
484 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
485 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
486 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
487 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
488 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
489 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
490 Add state_override function to core #4725
491 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
492 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
493 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
494 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
495 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
496 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
497 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
498 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
499 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
500 [D8] Autosave content #3426

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