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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 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
202 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
203 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
204 More useful tags for views #6268
205 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
206 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
207 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
208 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
209 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
210 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
211 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
212 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
213 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
214 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
215 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
216 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
217 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
218 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
219 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
220 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
221 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
222 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
223 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
224 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
225 [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
226 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
227 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
228 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
229 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
230 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
231 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
232 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
233 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
234 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
235 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
236 [WP] Media Library #3203
237 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
238 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
239 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
240 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
241 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
242 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
243 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
244 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
245 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
246 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
247 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
248 [D8] Autosave content #3426
249 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
250 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
251 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
252 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
253 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
254 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
255 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
256 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
257 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
258 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
259 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
260 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
261 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
262 One click install for digitalocean #5628
263 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
264 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
265 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
266 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
267 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
268 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
269 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
270 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
271 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
272 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
273 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
274 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
275 Redirects write to json files? #4001
276 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
277 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
278 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
279 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
280 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
281 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
282 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
283 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
284 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
285 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
286 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
287 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
288 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
289 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
290 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
291 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
292 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
293 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
294 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
295 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
296 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
297 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
298 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
299 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
300 Custom Block contextual link #4390

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