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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 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
402 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
403 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
404 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
405 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
406 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
407 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
408 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
409 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
410 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
411 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
412 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
413 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
414 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
415 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
416 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
417 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
418 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
419 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
420 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
421 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
422 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
423 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
424 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
425 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
426 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
427 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
428 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
429 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
430 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
431 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
432 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
433 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
434 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
435 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
436 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
437 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
438 Add function that returns default config #3251
439 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
440 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
441 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
442 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
443 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
444 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
445 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
446 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
447 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
448 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
449 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
450 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
451 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
452 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
453 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
454 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
455 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
456 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
457 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
458 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
459 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
460 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
461 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
462 'Unused' module detector #5020
463 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
464 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
465 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
466 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
467 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
468 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
469 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
470 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
471 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
472 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
473 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
474 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
475 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
476 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
477 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
478 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
479 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
480 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
481 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
482 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
483 Redirects write to json files? #4001
484 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
485 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
486 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
487 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
488 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
489 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
490 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
491 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
492 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
493 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
494 Use config for color module palettes #2554
495 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
496 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
497 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
498 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
499 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
500 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003

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