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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
701 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
702 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
703 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
704 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
705 [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
706 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
707 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
708 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
709 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
710 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
711 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
712 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
713 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
714 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
715 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
716 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
717 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
718 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
719 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
720 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
721 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
722 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
723 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
724 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
725 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
726 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
727 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
728 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
729 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
730 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
731 Use config for color module palettes #2554
732 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
733 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
734 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
735 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
736 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
737 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
738 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
739 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
740 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
741 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
742 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
743 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
744 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
745 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
746 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
747 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
748 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
749 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
750 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
751 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
752 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
753 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
754 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
755 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
756 [D8] Autosave content #3426
757 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
758 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
759 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
760 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
761 [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
762 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
763 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
764 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
765 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
766 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
767 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
768 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
769 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
770 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
771 [WP] Media Library #3203
772 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
773 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
774 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
775 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
776 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
777 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
778 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
779 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
780 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
781 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
782 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
783 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
784 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
785 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
786 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
787 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
788 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
789 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
790 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
791 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
792 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
793 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
794 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
795 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
796 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
797 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
798 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
799 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
800 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189

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