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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 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
402 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
403 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
404 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
405 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
406 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
407 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
408 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
409 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
410 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
411 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
412 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
413 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
414 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
415 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
416 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
417 Showcase core features during install #4138
418 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
419 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
420 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
421 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
422 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
423 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
424 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
425 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
426 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
427 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
428 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
429 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
430 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
431 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
432 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
433 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
434 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
435 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
436 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
437 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
438 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
439 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
440 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
441 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
442 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
443 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
444 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
445 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
446 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
447 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
448 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
449 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
450 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
451 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
452 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
453 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
454 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
455 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
456 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
457 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
458 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
459 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
460 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
461 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
462 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
463 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
464 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
465 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
466 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
467 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
468 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
469 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
470 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
471 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
472 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
473 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
474 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
475 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
476 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
477 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
478 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
479 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
480 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
481 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
482 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
483 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
484 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
485 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
486 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
487 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
488 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
489 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
490 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
491 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
492 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
493 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
494 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
495 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
496 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
497 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
498 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
499 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
500 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511

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