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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
901 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
902 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
903 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
904 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
905 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
906 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
907 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
908 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
909 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
910 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
911 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
912 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
913 Use config for color module palettes #2554
914 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
915 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
916 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
917 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
918 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
919 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
920 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
921 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
922 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
923 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
924 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
925 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
926 [WP] Media Library #3203
927 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
928 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
929 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
930 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
931 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
932 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
933 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
934 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
935 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
936 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
937 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
938 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
939 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
940 [D8] Autosave content #3426
941 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
942 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
943 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
944 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
945 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
946 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
947 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
948 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
949 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
950 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
951 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
952 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
953 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
954 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
955 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
956 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
957 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
958 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
959 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
960 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
961 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
962 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
963 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
964 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
965 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
966 Mobile first approach theme #4131
967 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
968 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
969 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
970 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
971 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
972 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
973 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
974 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
975 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
976 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
977 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
978 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
979 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
980 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
981 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
982 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926

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