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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 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
402 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
403 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
404 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
405 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
406 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
407 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
408 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
409 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
410 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
411 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
412 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
413 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
414 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
415 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
416 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
417 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
418 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
419 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
420 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
421 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
422 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
423 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
424 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
425 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
426 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
427 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
428 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
429 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
430 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
431 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
432 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
433 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
434 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
435 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
436 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
437 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
438 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
439 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
440 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
441 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
442 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
443 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
444 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
445 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
446 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
447 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
448 uuid and entity import / export #890
449 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
450 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
451 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
452 Add a new core theme #5175
453 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
454 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
455 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
456 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
457 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
458 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
459 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
460 Showcase core features during install #4138
461 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
462 Create "Current Node" block #5774
463 [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
464 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
465 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
466 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
467 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
468 Apply image style to default picture #4976
469 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
470 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
471 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
472 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
473 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
474 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
475 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
476 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
477 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
478 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
479 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
480 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
481 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
482 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
483 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
484 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
485 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
486 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
487 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
488 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
489 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
490 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
491 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
492 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
493 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
494 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
495 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
496 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
497 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
498 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
499 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
500 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625

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