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 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
202 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
203 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
204 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
205 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
206 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
207 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
208 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
209 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
210 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
211 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
212 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
213 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
214 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
215 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
216 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
217 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
218 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
219 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
220 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
221 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
222 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
223 Search terms along with nodes #3850
224 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
225 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
226 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
227 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
228 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
229 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
230 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
231 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
232 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
233 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
234 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
235 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
236 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
237 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
238 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
239 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
240 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
241 Add function that returns default config #3251
242 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
243 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
244 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
245 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
246 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
247 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
248 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
249 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
250 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
251 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
252 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
253 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
254 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
255 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
256 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
257 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
258 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
259 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
260 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
261 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
262 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
263 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
264 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
265 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
266 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
267 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
268 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
269 Remove syslog module from core #1260
270 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
271 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
272 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
273 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
274 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
275 Disable unused layout templates #5068
276 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
277 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
278 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
279 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
280 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
281 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
282 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
283 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
284 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
285 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
286 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
287 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
288 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
289 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
290 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
291 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
292 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
293 Add global site logo token #5871
294 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
295 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
296 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
297 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
298 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
299 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
300 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646

Pages

Log in or register to add new topics