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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 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
402 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
403 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
404 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
405 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
406 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
407 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
408 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
409 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
410 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
411 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
412 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
413 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
414 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
415 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
416 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
417 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
418 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
419 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
420 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
421 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
422 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
423 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
424 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
425 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
426 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
427 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
428 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
429 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
430 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
431 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
432 Seventy two theme #5928
433 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
434 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
435 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
436 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
437 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
438 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
439 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
440 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
441 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
442 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
443 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
444 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
445 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
446 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
447 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
448 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
449 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
450 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
451 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
452 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
453 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
454 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
455 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
456 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
457 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
458 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
459 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
460 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
461 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
462 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
463 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
464 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
465 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
466 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
467 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
468 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
469 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
470 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
471 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
472 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
473 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
474 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
475 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
476 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
477 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
478 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
479 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
480 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
481 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
482 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
483 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
484 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
485 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
486 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
487 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
488 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
489 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
490 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
491 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
492 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
493 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
494 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
495 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
496 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
497 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
498 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
499 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
500 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013

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