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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
601 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
602 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
603 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
604 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
605 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
606 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
607 Use config for color module palettes #2554
608 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
609 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
610 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
611 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
612 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
613 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
614 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
615 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
616 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
617 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
618 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
619 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
620 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
621 Allow altering image style urls #5745
622 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
623 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
624 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
625 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
626 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
627 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
628 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
629 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
630 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
631 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
632 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
633 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
634 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
635 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
636 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
637 [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
638 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
639 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
640 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
641 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
642 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
643 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
644 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
645 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
646 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
647 [WP] Media Library #3203
648 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
649 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
650 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
651 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
652 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
653 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
654 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
655 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
656 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
657 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
658 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
659 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
660 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
661 [D8] Autosave content #3426
662 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
663 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
664 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
665 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
666 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
667 One click install for digitalocean #5628
668 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
669 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
670 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
671 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
672 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
673 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
674 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
675 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
676 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
677 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
678 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
679 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
680 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
681 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
682 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
683 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
684 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
685 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
686 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
687 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
688 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
689 Mobile first approach theme #4131
690 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
691 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
692 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
693 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
694 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
695 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
696 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
697 [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
698 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
699 Add state_override function to core #4725
700 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901

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