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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 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
602 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
603 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
604 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
605 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
606 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
607 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
608 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
609 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
610 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
611 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
612 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
613 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
614 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
615 Use config for color module palettes #2554
616 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
617 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
618 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
619 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
620 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
621 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
622 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
623 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
624 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
625 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
626 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
627 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
628 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
629 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
630 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
631 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
632 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
633 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
634 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
635 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
636 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
637 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
638 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
639 [D8] Autosave content #3426
640 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
641 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
642 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
643 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
644 [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
645 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
646 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
647 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
648 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
649 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
650 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
651 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
652 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
653 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
654 [WP] Media Library #3203
655 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
656 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
657 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
658 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
659 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
660 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
661 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
662 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
663 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
664 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
665 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
666 Mobile first approach theme #4131
667 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
668 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
669 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
670 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
671 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
672 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
673 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
674 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
675 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
676 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
677 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
678 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
679 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
680 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
681 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
682 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
683 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
684 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
685 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
686 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
687 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
688 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
689 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
690 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
691 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
692 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
693 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
694 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
695 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
696 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
697 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
698 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
699 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
700 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766

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