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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
901 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
902 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
903 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
904 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
905 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
906 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
907 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
908 Use config for color module palettes #2554
909 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
910 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
911 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
912 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
913 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
914 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
915 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
916 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
917 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
918 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
919 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
920 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
921 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
922 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
923 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
924 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
925 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
926 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
927 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
928 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
929 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
930 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
931 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
932 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
933 [D8] Autosave content #3426
934 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
935 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
936 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
937 [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
938 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
939 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
940 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
941 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
942 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
943 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
944 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
945 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
946 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
947 [WP] Media Library #3203
948 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
949 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
950 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
951 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
952 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
953 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
954 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
955 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
956 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
957 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
958 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
959 Mobile first approach theme #4131
960 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
961 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
962 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
963 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
964 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
965 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
966 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
967 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
968 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
969 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
970 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
971 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
972 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
973 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
974 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
975 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
976 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
977 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
978 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
979 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
980 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
981 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747

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