Help prioritize core features! Votes cast here will help core developers understand what features the community would find most valuable. 

  • You must be logged in to vote.
  • Please vote for no more than 10 new features.
  • You can change your vote as often as you like.
  • A list of your current votes can be found on your user profile page.

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
201 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
202 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
203 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
204 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
205 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
206 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
207 Add function that returns default config #3251
208 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
209 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
210 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
211 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
212 Disable unused layout templates #5068
213 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
214 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
215 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
216 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
217 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
218 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
219 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
220 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
221 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
222 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
223 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
224 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
225 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
226 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
227 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
228 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
229 Add global site logo token #5871
230 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
231 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
232 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
233 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
234 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
235 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
236 Remove syslog module from core #1260
237 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
238 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
239 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
240 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
241 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
242 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
243 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
244 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
245 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
246 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
247 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
248 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
249 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
250 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
251 Cache settings via admin section #1434
252 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
253 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
254 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
255 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
256 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
257 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
258 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
259 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
260 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
261 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
262 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
263 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
264 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
265 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
266 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
267 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
268 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
269 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
270 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
271 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
272 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
273 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
274 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
275 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
276 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
277 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
278 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
279 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
280 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
281 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
282 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
283 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
284 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
285 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
286 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
287 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
288 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
289 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
290 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
291 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
292 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
293 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
294 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
295 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
296 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
297 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
298 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
299 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
300 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624

Pages

Log in or register to add new topics