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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
101 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
102 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
103 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
104 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
105 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
106 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
107 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
108 Apply image style to default picture #4976
109 Create "Current Node" block #5774
110 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
111 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
112 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
113 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
114 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
115 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
116 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
117 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
118 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
119 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
120 Add a new core theme #5175
121 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
122 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
123 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
124 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
125 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
126 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
127 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
128 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
129 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
130 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
131 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
132 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
133 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
134 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
135 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
136 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
137 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
138 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
139 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
140 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
141 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
142 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
143 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
144 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
145 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
146 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
147 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
148 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
149 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
150 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
151 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
152 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
153 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
154 Rename default Contact form category #4703
155 Seventy two theme #5928
156 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
157 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
158 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
159 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
160 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
161 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
162 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
163 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
164 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
165 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
166 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
167 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
168 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
169 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
170 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
171 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
172 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
173 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
174 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
175 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
176 Content creation page cleanup #202
177 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
178 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
179 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
180 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
181 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
182 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
183 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
184 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
185 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
186 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
187 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
188 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
189 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
190 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
191 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
192 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
193 Trim textfields? #6386
194 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
195 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
196 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
197 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
198 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
199 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
200 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679

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