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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 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
402 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
403 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
404 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
405 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
406 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
407 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
408 Add global site logo token #5871
409 Redirects write to json files? #4001
410 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
411 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
412 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
413 [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
414 Add layouts into the search index #5128
415 Add function that returns default config #3251
416 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
417 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
418 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
419 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
420 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
421 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
422 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
423 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
424 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
425 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
426 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
427 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
428 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
429 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
430 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
431 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
432 Better Book navigation links #4879
433 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
434 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
435 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
436 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
437 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
438 Custom Block contextual link #4390
439 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
440 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
441 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
442 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
443 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
444 Content creation page cleanup #202
445 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
446 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
447 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
448 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
449 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
450 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
451 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
452 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
453 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
454 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
455 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
456 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
457 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
458 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
459 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
460 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
461 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
462 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
463 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
464 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
465 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
466 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
467 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
468 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
469 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
470 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
471 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
472 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
473 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
474 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
475 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
476 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
477 Menu router refactoring #2400
478 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
479 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
480 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
481 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
482 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
483 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
484 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
485 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
486 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
487 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
488 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
489 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
490 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
491 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
492 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
493 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
494 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
495 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
496 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
497 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
498 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
499 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
500 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109

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