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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] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
402 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
403 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
404 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
405 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
406 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
407 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
408 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
409 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
410 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
411 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
412 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
413 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
414 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
415 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
416 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
417 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
418 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
419 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
420 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
421 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
422 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
423 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
424 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
425 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
426 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
427 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
428 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
429 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
430 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
431 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
432 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
433 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
434 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
435 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
436 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
437 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
438 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
439 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
440 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
441 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
442 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
443 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
444 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
445 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
446 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
447 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
448 uuid and entity import / export #890
449 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
450 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
451 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
452 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
453 Add layouts into the search index #5128
454 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
455 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
456 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
457 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
458 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
459 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
460 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
461 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
462 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
463 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
464 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
465 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
466 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
467 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
468 [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
469 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
470 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
471 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
472 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
473 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
474 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
475 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
476 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
477 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
478 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
479 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
480 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
481 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
482 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
483 [WP] Media Library #3203
484 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
485 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
486 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
487 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
488 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
489 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
490 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
491 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
492 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
493 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
494 Better Book navigation links #4879
495 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
496 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
497 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
498 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
499 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
500 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129

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