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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 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
902 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
903 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
904 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
905 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
906 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
907 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
908 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
909 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
910 [D8] Autosave content #3426
911 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
912 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
913 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
914 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
915 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
916 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
917 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
918 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
919 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
920 More useful tags for views #6268
921 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
922 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
923 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
924 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
925 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
926 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
927 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
928 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
929 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
930 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
931 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
932 Add function that returns default config #3251
933 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
934 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
935 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
936 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
937 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
938 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
939 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
940 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
941 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
942 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
943 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
944 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
945 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
946 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
947 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
948 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
949 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
950 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
951 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
952 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
953 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
954 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
955 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
956 [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
957 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
958 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
959 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
960 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
961 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
962 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
963 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
964 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
965 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
966 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
967 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
968 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
969 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
970 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
971 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
972 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
973 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
974 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
975 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
976 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
977 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
978 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
979 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
980 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
981 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
982 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
983 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
984 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
985 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
986 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912

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