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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
401 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
402 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
403 Apply image style to default picture #4976
404 Create "Current Node" block #5774
405 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
406 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
407 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
408 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
409 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
410 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
411 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
412 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
413 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
414 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
415 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
416 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
417 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
418 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
419 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
420 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
421 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
422 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
423 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
424 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
425 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
426 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
427 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
428 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
429 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
430 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
431 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
432 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
433 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
434 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
435 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
436 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
437 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
438 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
439 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
440 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
441 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
442 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
443 Content creation page cleanup #202
444 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
445 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
446 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
447 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
448 Rename default Contact form category #4703
449 Seventy two theme #5928
450 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
451 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
452 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
453 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
454 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
455 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
456 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
457 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
458 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
459 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
460 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
461 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
462 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
463 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
464 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
465 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
466 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
467 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
468 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
469 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
470 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
471 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
472 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
473 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
474 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
475 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
476 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
477 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
478 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
479 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
480 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
481 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
482 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
483 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
484 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
485 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
486 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
487 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
488 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
489 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
490 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
491 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
492 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
493 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
494 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
495 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
496 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
497 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
498 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
499 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
500 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207

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