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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
601 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
602 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
603 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
604 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
605 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
606 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
607 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
608 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
609 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
610 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
611 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
612 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
613 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
614 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
615 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
616 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
617 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
618 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
619 Add a new core theme #5175
620 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
621 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
622 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
623 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
624 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
625 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
626 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
627 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
628 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
629 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
630 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
631 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
632 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
633 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
634 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
635 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
636 Apply image style to default picture #4976
637 Create "Current Node" block #5774
638 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
639 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
640 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
641 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
642 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
643 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
644 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
645 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
646 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
647 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
648 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
649 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
650 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
651 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
652 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
653 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
654 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
655 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
656 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
657 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
658 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
659 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
660 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
661 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
662 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
663 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
664 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
665 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
666 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
667 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
668 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
669 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
670 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
671 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
672 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
673 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
674 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
675 Content creation page cleanup #202
676 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
677 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
678 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
679 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
680 Rename default Contact form category #4703
681 Seventy two theme #5928
682 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
683 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
684 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
685 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
686 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
687 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
688 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
689 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
690 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
691 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
692 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
693 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
694 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
695 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
696 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
697 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
698 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
699 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
700 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705

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