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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] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
402 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
403 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
404 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
405 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
406 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
407 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
408 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
409 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
410 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
411 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
412 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
413 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
414 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
415 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
416 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
417 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
418 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
419 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
420 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
421 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
422 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
423 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
424 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
425 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
426 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
427 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
428 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
429 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
430 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
431 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
432 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
433 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
434 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
435 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
436 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
437 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
438 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
439 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
440 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
441 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
442 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
443 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
444 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
445 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
446 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
447 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
448 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
449 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
450 Create a printable Status Report #5821
451 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
452 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
453 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
454 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
455 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
456 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
457 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
458 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
459 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
460 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
461 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
462 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
463 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
464 Rename default Contact form category #4703
465 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
466 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
467 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
468 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
469 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
470 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
471 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
472 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
473 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
474 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
475 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
476 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
477 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
478 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
479 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
480 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
481 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
482 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
483 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
484 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
485 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
486 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
487 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
488 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
489 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
490 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
491 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
492 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
493 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
494 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
495 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
496 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
497 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
498 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
499 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
500 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072

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