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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 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
402 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
403 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
404 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
405 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
406 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
407 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
408 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
409 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
410 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
411 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
412 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
413 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
414 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
415 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
416 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
417 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
418 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
419 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
420 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
421 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
422 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
423 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
424 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
425 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
426 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
427 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
428 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
429 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
430 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
431 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
432 Better Book navigation links #4879
433 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
434 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
435 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
436 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
437 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
438 Redirects write to json files? #4001
439 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
440 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
441 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
442 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
443 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
444 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
445 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
446 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
447 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
448 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
449 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
450 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
451 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
452 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
453 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
454 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
455 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
456 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
457 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
458 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
459 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
460 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
461 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
462 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
463 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
464 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
465 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
466 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
467 Custom Block contextual link #4390
468 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
469 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
470 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
471 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
472 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
473 Remove syslog module from core #1260
474 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
475 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
476 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
477 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
478 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
479 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
480 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
481 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
482 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
483 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
484 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
485 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
486 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
487 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
488 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
489 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
490 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
491 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
492 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
493 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
494 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
495 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
496 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
497 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
498 Add global site logo token #5871
499 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
500 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879

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