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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
501 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
502 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
503 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
504 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
505 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
506 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
507 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
508 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
509 Add a new core theme #5175
510 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
511 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
512 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
513 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
514 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
515 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
516 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
517 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
518 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
519 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
520 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
521 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
522 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
523 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
524 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
525 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
526 Apply image style to default picture #4976
527 Create "Current Node" block #5774
528 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
529 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
530 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
531 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
532 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
533 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
534 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
535 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
536 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
537 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
538 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
539 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
540 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
541 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
542 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
543 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
544 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
545 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
546 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
547 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
548 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
549 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
550 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
551 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
552 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
553 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
554 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
555 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
556 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
557 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
558 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
559 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
560 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
561 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
562 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
563 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
564 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
565 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
566 Content creation page cleanup #202
567 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
568 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
569 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
570 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
571 Rename default Contact form category #4703
572 Seventy two theme #5928
573 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
574 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
575 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
576 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
577 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
578 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
579 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
580 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
581 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
582 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
583 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
584 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
585 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
586 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
587 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
588 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
589 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
590 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
591 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
592 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
593 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
594 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
595 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
596 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
597 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
598 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
599 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
600 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929

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