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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 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
202 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
203 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
204 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
205 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
206 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
207 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
208 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
209 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
210 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
211 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
212 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
213 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
214 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
215 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
216 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
217 Use config for color module palettes #2554
218 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
219 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
220 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
221 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
222 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
223 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
224 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
225 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
226 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
227 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
228 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
229 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
230 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
231 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
232 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
233 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
234 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
235 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
236 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
237 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
238 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
239 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
240 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
241 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
242 [D8] Autosave content #3426
243 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
244 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
245 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
246 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
247 [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
248 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
249 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
250 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
251 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
252 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
253 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
254 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
255 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
256 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
257 [WP] Media Library #3203
258 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
259 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
260 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
261 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
262 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
263 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
264 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
265 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
266 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
267 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
268 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
269 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
270 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
271 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
272 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
273 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
274 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
275 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
276 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
277 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
278 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
279 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
280 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
281 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
282 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
283 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
284 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
285 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
286 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
287 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
288 More useful tags for views #6268
289 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
290 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
291 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
292 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
293 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
294 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
295 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
296 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
297 Mobile first approach theme #4131
298 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
299 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
300 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766

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