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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 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
202 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
203 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
204 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
205 [D8] Autosave content #3426
206 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
207 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
208 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
209 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
210 [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
211 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
212 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
213 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
214 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
215 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
216 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
217 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
218 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
219 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
220 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
221 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
222 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
223 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
224 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
225 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
226 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
227 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
228 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
229 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
230 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
231 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
232 Mobile first approach theme #4131
233 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
234 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
235 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
236 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
237 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
238 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
239 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
240 One click install for digitalocean #5628
241 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
242 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
243 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
244 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
245 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
246 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
247 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
248 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
249 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
250 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
251 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
252 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
253 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
254 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
255 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
256 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
257 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
258 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
259 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
260 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
261 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
262 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
263 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
264 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
265 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
266 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
267 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
268 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
269 [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
270 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
271 Add state_override function to core #4725
272 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
273 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
274 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
275 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
276 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
277 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
278 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
279 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
280 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
281 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
282 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
283 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
284 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
285 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
286 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
287 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
288 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
289 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
290 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
291 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
292 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
293 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
294 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
295 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
296 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
297 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
298 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
299 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
300 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438

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