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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 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
402 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
403 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
404 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
405 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
406 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
407 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
408 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
409 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
410 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
411 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
412 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
413 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
414 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
415 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
416 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
417 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
418 Create "Current Node" block #5774
419 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
420 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
421 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
422 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
423 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
424 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
425 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
426 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
427 Search terms along with nodes #3850
428 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
429 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
430 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
431 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
432 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
433 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
434 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
435 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
436 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
437 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
438 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
439 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
440 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
441 [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
442 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
443 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
444 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
445 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
446 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
447 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
448 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
449 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
450 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
451 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
452 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
453 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
454 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
455 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
456 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
457 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
458 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
459 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
460 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
461 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
462 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
463 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
464 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
465 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
466 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
467 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
468 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
469 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
470 Trim textfields? #6386
471 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
472 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
473 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
474 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
475 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
476 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
477 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
478 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
479 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
480 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
481 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
482 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
483 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
484 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
485 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
486 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
487 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
488 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
489 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
490 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
491 Seventy two theme #5928
492 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
493 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
494 Redirects write to json files? #4001
495 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
496 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
497 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
498 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
499 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
500 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906

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