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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 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
202 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
203 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
204 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
205 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
206 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
207 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
208 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
209 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
210 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
211 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
212 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
213 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
214 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
215 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
216 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
217 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
218 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
219 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
220 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
221 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
222 Add a new core theme #5175
223 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
224 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
225 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
226 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
227 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
228 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
229 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
230 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
231 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
232 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
233 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
234 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
235 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
236 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
237 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
238 Apply image style to default picture #4976
239 Create "Current Node" block #5774
240 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
241 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
242 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
243 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
244 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
245 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
246 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
247 Double click prevention #6393
248 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
249 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
250 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
251 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
252 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
253 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
254 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
255 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
256 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
257 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
258 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
259 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
260 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
261 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
262 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
263 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
264 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
265 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
266 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
267 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
268 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
269 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
270 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
271 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
272 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
273 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
274 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
275 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
276 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
277 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
278 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
279 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
280 Content creation page cleanup #202
281 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
282 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
283 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
284 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
285 Rename default Contact form category #4703
286 Seventy two theme #5928
287 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
288 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
289 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
290 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
291 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
292 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
293 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
294 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
295 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
296 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
297 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
298 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
299 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
300 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476

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