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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 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
402 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
403 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
404 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
405 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
406 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
407 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
408 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
409 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
410 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
411 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
412 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
413 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
414 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
415 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
416 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
417 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
418 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
419 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
420 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
421 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
422 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
423 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
424 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
425 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
426 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
427 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
428 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
429 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
430 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
431 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
432 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
433 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
434 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
435 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
436 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
437 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
438 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
439 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
440 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
441 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
442 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
443 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
444 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
445 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
446 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
447 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
448 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
449 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
450 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
451 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
452 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
453 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
454 Apply image style to default picture #4976
455 Create "Current Node" block #5774
456 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
457 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
458 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
459 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
460 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
461 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
462 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
463 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
464 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
465 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
466 Add a new core theme #5175
467 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
468 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
469 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
470 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
471 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
472 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
473 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
474 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
475 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
476 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
477 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
478 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
479 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
480 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
481 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
482 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
483 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
484 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
485 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
486 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
487 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
488 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
489 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
490 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
491 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
492 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
493 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
494 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
495 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
496 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
497 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
498 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
499 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
500 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291

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