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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] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
402 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
403 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
404 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
405 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
406 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
407 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
408 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
409 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
410 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
411 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
412 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
413 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
414 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
415 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
416 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
417 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
418 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
419 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
420 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
421 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
422 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
423 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
424 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
425 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
426 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
427 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
428 Allow regions titles #2647
429 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
430 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
431 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
432 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
433 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
434 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
435 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
436 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
437 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
438 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
439 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
440 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
441 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
442 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
443 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
444 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
445 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
446 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
447 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
448 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
449 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
450 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
451 Search terms along with nodes #3850
452 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
453 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
454 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
455 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
456 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
457 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
458 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
459 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
460 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
461 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
462 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
463 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
464 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
465 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
466 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
467 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
468 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
469 Add function that returns default config #3251
470 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
471 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
472 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
473 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
474 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
475 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
476 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
477 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
478 Trim textfields? #6386
479 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
480 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
481 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
482 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
483 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
484 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
485 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
486 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
487 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
488 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
489 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
490 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
491 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
492 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
493 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
494 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
495 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
496 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
497 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
498 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
499 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
500 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464

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