Help prioritize core features! Votes cast here will help core developers understand what features the community would find most valuable. 

  • You must be logged in to vote.
  • Please vote for no more than 10 new features.
  • You can change your vote as often as you like.
  • A list of your current votes can be found on your user profile page.

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 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
602 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
603 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
604 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
605 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
606 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
607 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
608 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
609 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
610 Double click prevention #6393
611 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
612 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
613 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
614 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
615 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
616 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
617 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
618 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
619 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
620 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
621 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
622 uuid and entity import / export #890
623 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
624 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
625 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
626 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
627 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
628 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
629 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
630 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
631 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
632 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
633 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
634 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
635 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
636 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
637 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
638 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
639 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
640 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
641 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
642 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
643 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
644 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
645 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
646 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
647 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
648 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
649 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
650 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
651 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
652 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
653 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
654 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
655 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
656 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
657 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
658 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
659 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
660 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
661 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
662 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
663 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
664 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
665 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
666 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
667 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
668 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
669 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
670 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
671 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
672 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
673 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
674 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
675 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
676 Use config for color module palettes #2554
677 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
678 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
679 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
680 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
681 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
682 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
683 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
684 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
685 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
686 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
687 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
688 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
689 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
690 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
691 Allow altering image style urls #5745
692 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
693 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
694 [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
695 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
696 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
697 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
698 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
699 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
700 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025

Pages

Log in or register to add new topics