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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
401 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
402 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
403 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
404 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
405 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
406 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
407 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
408 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
409 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
410 Use config for color module palettes #2554
411 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
412 [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
413 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
414 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
415 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
416 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
417 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
418 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
419 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
420 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
421 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
422 [WP] Media Library #3203
423 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
424 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
425 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
426 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
427 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
428 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
429 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
430 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
431 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
432 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
433 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
434 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
435 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
436 [D8] Autosave content #3426
437 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
438 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
439 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
440 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
441 One click install for digitalocean #5628
442 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
443 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
444 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
445 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
446 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
447 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
448 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
449 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
450 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
451 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
452 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
453 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
454 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
455 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
456 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
457 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
458 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
459 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
460 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
461 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
462 Mobile first approach theme #4131
463 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
464 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
465 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
466 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
467 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
468 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
469 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
470 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
471 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
472 [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
473 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
474 Add state_override function to core #4725
475 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
476 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
477 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
478 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
479 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
480 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
481 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
482 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
483 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
484 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
485 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
486 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
487 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
488 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
489 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
490 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
491 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
492 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
493 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
494 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
495 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
496 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
497 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
498 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
499 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
500 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928

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