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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
201 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
202 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
203 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
204 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
205 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
206 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
207 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
208 Add global site logo token #5871
209 [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
210 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
211 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
212 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
213 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
214 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
215 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
216 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
217 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
218 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
219 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
220 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
221 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
222 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
223 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
224 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
225 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
226 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
227 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
228 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
229 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
230 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
231 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
232 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
233 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
234 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
235 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
236 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
237 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
238 Use config for color module palettes #2554
239 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
240 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
241 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
242 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
243 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
244 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
245 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
246 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
247 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
248 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
249 [WP] Media Library #3203
250 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
251 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
252 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
253 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
254 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
255 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
256 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
257 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
258 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
259 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
260 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
261 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
262 [D8] Autosave content #3426
263 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
264 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
265 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
266 [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
267 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
268 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
269 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
270 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
271 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
272 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
273 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
274 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
275 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
276 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
277 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
278 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
279 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
280 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
281 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
282 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
283 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
284 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
285 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
286 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
287 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
288 Mobile first approach theme #4131
289 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
290 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
291 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
292 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
293 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
294 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
295 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
296 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
297 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
298 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
299 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
300 Add state_override function to core #4725

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