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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 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
402 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
403 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
404 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
405 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
406 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
407 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
408 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
409 More useful tags for views #6268
410 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
411 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
412 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
413 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
414 uuid and entity import / export #890
415 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
416 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
417 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
418 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
419 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
420 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
421 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
422 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
423 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
424 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
425 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
426 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
427 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
428 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
429 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
430 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
431 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
432 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
433 Better Book navigation links #4879
434 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
435 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
436 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
437 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
438 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
439 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
440 Redirects write to json files? #4001
441 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
442 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
443 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
444 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
445 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
446 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
447 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
448 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
449 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
450 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
451 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
452 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
453 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
454 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
455 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
456 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
457 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
458 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
459 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
460 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
461 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
462 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
463 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
464 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
465 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
466 Custom Block contextual link #4390
467 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
468 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
469 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
470 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
471 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
472 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
473 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
474 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
475 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
476 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
477 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
478 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
479 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
480 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
481 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
482 Allow altering image style urls #5745
483 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
484 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
485 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
486 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
487 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
488 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
489 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
490 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
491 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
492 [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
493 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
494 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
495 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
496 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
497 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
498 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
499 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
500 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159

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