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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 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
402 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
403 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
404 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
405 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
406 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
407 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
408 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
409 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
410 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
411 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
412 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
413 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
414 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
415 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
416 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
417 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
418 Create a printable Status Report #5821
419 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
420 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
421 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
422 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
423 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
424 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
425 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
426 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
427 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
428 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
429 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
430 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
431 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
432 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
433 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
434 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
435 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
436 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
437 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
438 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
439 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
440 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
441 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
442 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
443 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
444 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
445 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
446 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
447 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
448 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
449 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
450 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
451 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
452 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
453 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
454 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
455 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
456 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
457 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
458 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
459 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
460 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
461 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
462 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
463 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
464 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
465 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
466 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
467 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
468 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
469 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
470 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
471 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
472 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
473 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
474 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
475 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
476 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
477 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
478 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
479 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
480 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
481 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
482 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
483 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
484 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
485 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
486 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
487 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
488 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
489 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
490 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
491 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
492 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
493 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
494 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
495 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
496 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
497 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
498 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
499 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
500 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075

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