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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 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
402 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
403 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
404 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
405 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
406 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
407 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
408 Add a new core theme #5175
409 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
410 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
411 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
412 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
413 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
414 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
415 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
416 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
417 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
418 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
419 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
420 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
421 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
422 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
423 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
424 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
425 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
426 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
427 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
428 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
429 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
430 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
431 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
432 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
433 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
434 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
435 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
436 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
437 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
438 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
439 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
440 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
441 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
442 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
443 Seventy two theme #5928
444 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
445 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
446 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
447 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
448 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
449 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
450 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
451 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
452 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
453 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
454 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
455 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
456 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
457 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
458 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
459 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
460 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
461 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
462 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
463 Content creation page cleanup #202
464 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
465 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
466 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
467 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
468 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
469 Rename default Contact form category #4703
470 Trim textfields? #6386
471 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
472 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
473 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
474 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
475 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
476 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
477 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
478 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
479 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
480 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
481 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
482 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
483 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
484 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
485 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
486 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
487 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
488 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
489 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
490 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
491 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
492 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
493 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
494 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
495 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
496 Add layouts into the search index #5128
497 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
498 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
499 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
500 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669

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