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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 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
402 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
403 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
404 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
405 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
406 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
407 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
408 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
409 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
410 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
411 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
412 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
413 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
414 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
415 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
416 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
417 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
418 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
419 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
420 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
421 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
422 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
423 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
424 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
425 [UX] Branding and Version info on Installation Screens #1584
426 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
427 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
428 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
429 Search terms along with nodes #3850
430 Create "Current Node" block #5774
431 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
432 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
433 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
434 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
435 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
436 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
437 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
438 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
439 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
440 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
441 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
442 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
443 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
444 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
445 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
446 Comment administration improvements #2919
447 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
448 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
449 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
450 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
451 'Unused' module detector #5020
452 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
453 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
454 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
455 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
456 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
457 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
458 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
459 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
460 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
461 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
462 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
463 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
464 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
465 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
466 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
467 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
468 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
469 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
470 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
471 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
472 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
473 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
474 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
475 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
476 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
477 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
478 Seventy two theme #5928
479 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
480 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
481 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
482 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
483 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
484 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
485 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
486 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
487 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
488 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
489 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
490 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
491 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
492 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
493 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
494 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
495 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
496 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
497 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
498 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
499 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
500 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374

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