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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] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
404 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
405 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
406 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
407 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
408 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
409 Use config for color module palettes #2554
410 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
411 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
412 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
413 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
414 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
415 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
416 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
417 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
418 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
419 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
420 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
421 [WP] Media Library #3203
422 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
423 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
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 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
435 [D8] Autosave content #3426
436 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
437 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
438 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
439 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
440 [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
441 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
442 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
443 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
444 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
445 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
446 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
447 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
448 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
449 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
450 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
451 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
452 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
453 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
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 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
466 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
467 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
468 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
469 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
470 One click install for digitalocean #5628
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 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
485 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
486 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
487 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
488 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
489 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
490 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
491 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
492 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
493 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
494 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
495 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
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 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
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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