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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 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
402 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
403 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
404 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
405 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
406 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
407 Add a new core theme #5175
408 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
409 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
410 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
411 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
412 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
413 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
414 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
415 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
416 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
417 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
418 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
419 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
420 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
421 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
422 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
423 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
424 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
425 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
426 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
427 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
428 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
429 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
430 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
431 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
432 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
433 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
434 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
435 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
436 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
437 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
438 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
439 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
440 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
441 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
442 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
443 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
444 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
445 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
446 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
447 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
448 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
449 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
450 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
451 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
452 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
453 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
454 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
455 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
456 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
457 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
458 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
459 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
460 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
461 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
462 Content creation page cleanup #202
463 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
464 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
465 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
466 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
467 Rename default Contact form category #4703
468 Seventy two theme #5928
469 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
470 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
471 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
472 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
473 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
474 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
475 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
476 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
477 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
478 Trim textfields? #6386
479 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
480 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
481 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
482 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
483 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
484 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
485 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
486 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
487 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
488 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
489 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
490 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
491 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
492 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
493 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
494 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
495 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
496 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
497 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
498 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
499 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
500 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856

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