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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
201 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
202 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
203 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
204 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
205 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
206 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
207 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
208 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
209 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
210 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
211 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
212 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
213 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
214 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
215 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
216 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
217 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
218 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
219 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
220 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
221 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
222 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
223 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
224 Add a new core theme #5175
225 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
226 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
227 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
228 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
229 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
230 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
231 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
232 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
233 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
234 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
235 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
236 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
237 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
238 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
239 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
240 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
241 Apply image style to default picture #4976
242 Create "Current Node" block #5774
243 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
244 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
245 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
246 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
247 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
248 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
249 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
250 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
251 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
252 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
253 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
254 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
255 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
256 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
257 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
258 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
259 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
260 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
261 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
262 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
263 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
264 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
265 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
266 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
267 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
268 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
269 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
270 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
271 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
272 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
273 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
274 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
275 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
276 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
277 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
278 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
279 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
280 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
281 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
282 Content creation page cleanup #202
283 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
284 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
285 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
286 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
287 Rename default Contact form category #4703
288 Seventy two theme #5928
289 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
290 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
291 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
292 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
293 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
294 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
295 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
296 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
297 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
298 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
299 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
300 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820

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