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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 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
902 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
903 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
904 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
905 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
906 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
907 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
908 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
909 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
910 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
911 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
912 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
913 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
914 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
915 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
916 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
917 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
918 Use config for color module palettes #2554
919 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
920 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
921 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
922 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
923 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
924 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
925 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
926 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
927 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
928 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
929 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
930 [WP] Media Library #3203
931 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
932 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
933 More useful tags for views #6268
934 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
935 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
936 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
937 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
938 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
939 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
940 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
941 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
942 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
943 [D8] Autosave content #3426
944 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
945 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
946 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
947 [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
948 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
949 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
950 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
951 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
952 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
953 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
954 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
955 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
956 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
957 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
958 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
959 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
960 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
961 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
962 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
963 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
964 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
965 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
966 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
967 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
968 Mobile first approach theme #4131
969 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
970 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
971 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
972 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
973 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
974 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
975 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
976 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
977 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
978 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
979 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
980 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
981 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341

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