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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 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
402 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
403 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
404 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
405 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
406 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
407 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
408 Apply image style to default picture #4976
409 Create "Current Node" block #5774
410 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
411 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
412 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
413 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
414 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
415 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
416 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
417 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
418 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
419 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
420 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
421 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
422 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
423 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
424 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
425 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
426 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
427 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
428 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
429 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
430 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
431 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
432 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
433 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
434 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
435 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
436 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
437 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
438 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
439 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
440 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
441 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
442 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
443 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
444 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
445 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
446 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
447 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
448 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
449 Content creation page cleanup #202
450 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
451 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
452 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
453 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
454 Rename default Contact form category #4703
455 Seventy two theme #5928
456 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
457 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
458 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
459 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
460 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
461 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
462 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
463 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
464 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
465 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
466 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
467 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
468 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
469 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
470 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
471 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
472 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
473 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
474 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
475 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
476 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
477 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
478 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
479 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
480 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
481 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
482 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
483 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
484 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
485 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
486 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
487 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
488 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
489 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
490 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
491 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
492 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
493 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
494 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
495 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
496 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
497 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
498 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
499 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
500 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673

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