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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] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
402 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
403 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
404 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
405 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
406 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
407 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
408 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
409 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
410 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
411 Add a new core theme #5175
412 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
413 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
414 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
415 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
416 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
417 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
418 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
419 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
420 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
421 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
422 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
423 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
424 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
425 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
426 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
427 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
428 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
429 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
430 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
431 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
432 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
433 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
434 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
435 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
436 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
437 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
438 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
439 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
440 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
441 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
442 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
443 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
444 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
445 Rename default Contact form category #4703
446 Seventy two theme #5928
447 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
448 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
449 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
450 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
451 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
452 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
453 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
454 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
455 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
456 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
457 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
458 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
459 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
460 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
461 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
462 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
463 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
464 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
465 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
466 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
467 Content creation page cleanup #202
468 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
469 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
470 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
471 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
472 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
473 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
474 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
475 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
476 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
477 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
478 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
479 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
480 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
481 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
482 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
483 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
484 Trim textfields? #6386
485 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
486 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
487 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
488 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
489 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
490 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
491 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
492 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
493 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
494 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
495 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
496 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
497 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
498 Add layouts into the search index #5128
499 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
500 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370

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