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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
301 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
302 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
303 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
304 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
305 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
306 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
307 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
308 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
309 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
310 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
311 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
312 [D8] Autosave content #3426
313 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
314 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
315 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
316 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
317 [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
318 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
319 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
320 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
321 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
322 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
323 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
324 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
325 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
326 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
327 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
328 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
329 More useful tags for views #6268
330 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
331 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
332 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
333 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
334 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
335 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
336 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
337 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
338 Mobile first approach theme #4131
339 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
340 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
341 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
342 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
343 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
344 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
345 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
346 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
347 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
348 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
349 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
350 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
351 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
352 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
353 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
354 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
355 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
356 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
357 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
358 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
359 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
360 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
361 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
362 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
363 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
364 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
365 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
366 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
367 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
368 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
369 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
370 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
371 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
372 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
373 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
374 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
375 Add state_override function to core #4725
376 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
377 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
378 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
379 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
380 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
381 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
382 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
383 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
384 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
385 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
386 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
387 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
388 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
389 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
390 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
391 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
392 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
393 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
394 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
395 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
396 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
397 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
398 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
399 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
400 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357

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