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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 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
402 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
403 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
404 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
405 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
406 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
407 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
408 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
409 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
410 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
411 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
412 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
413 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
414 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
415 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
416 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
417 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
418 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
419 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
420 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
421 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
422 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
423 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
424 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
425 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
426 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
427 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
428 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
429 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
430 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
431 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
432 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
433 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
434 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
435 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
436 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
437 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
438 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
439 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
440 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
441 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
442 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
443 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
444 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
445 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
446 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
447 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
448 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
449 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
450 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
451 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
452 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
453 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
454 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
455 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
456 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
457 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
458 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
459 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
460 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
461 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
462 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
463 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
464 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
465 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
466 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
467 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
468 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
469 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
470 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
471 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
472 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
473 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
474 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
475 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
476 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
477 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
478 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
479 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
480 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
481 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
482 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
483 Redirects write to json files? #4001
484 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
485 Add global site logo token #5871
486 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
487 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
488 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
489 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
490 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
491 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
492 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
493 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
494 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
495 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
496 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
497 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
498 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
499 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
500 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746

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