User field: display "Firstname Lastname" instead of "Username"

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1

Hi,

I use the user field in a page and I would like to display the “Firstname Lastname” instead of the “Username” in the select drop down.

Does someone know how to achieve this ?

Thx

2

The user field only supports user names. You could, however, create a custom user field that extends the original one.

3

Ok, thanks for your advice, I’ve decided to create a custom field for my purpose.

For those interested, I have copy/paste the /panel/app/field/user/user.php file to create a custom field call “speaker” /site/fields/speaker/speaker.php

Of course, you can create your own same custom field by replacing the “speaker” occurence by something else.

class SpeakerField extends SelectField {

  public function __construct() {
    $this->type    = 'text';
    $this->icon    = 'user';
    $this->label   = l::get('fields.speaker.label', 'Speaker');
    $this->options = array();

    foreach(kirby()->site()->users() as $user) {
      $this->options[$user->firstName() . ' ' . $user->lastName()] = $user->firstName() . ' ' . $user->lastName();
    }

  }

  public function value() {
    $value = parent::value();
    return empty($value) ? site()->user()->firstName() : parent::value();
  }

}

So that, I can use it in a blueprint like this:

...
fields:
      speaker:
        label: Speakers
        type: speaker
        help: The speaker must be registered to appear into this list.
...
5

Same custom field but displays username if firstname and lastname are empty and names are sorted alphabetically. And esc() input fields:

class SpeakerField extends SelectField {

  private $speakers = array();

  public function __construct() {
    $this->type    = 'text';
    $this->icon    = 'user';
    $this->label   = l::get('fields.speaker.label', 'Speaker');
    $this->options = array();

    foreach(kirby()->site()->users() as $user) {
      $speaker_firstname = !empty($user->firstName()) ? esc($user->firstName()) : '';
      $speaker_lastname = !empty($user->lastName()) ? esc($user->lastName()) : esc($user->username());
      if (!empty($speaker_firstname) && !empty($speaker_lastname)):
        $this->speakers[$speaker_lastname  . ' ' . $speaker_firstname] = $speaker_lastname . ' ' . $speaker_firstname;
      else:
        $this->speakers[$user->username()] = esc($user->username()) . ' (Firstname and/or Lastname are missing, please complete the profile)';
      endif;
    }

    sort($this->speakers);

    foreach($this->speakers as $user) {
      $this->options[$user] = $user;
    }

  }

  public function value() {
    $value = parent::value();
    return empty($value) ? site()->user()->firstName() : parent::value();
  }

}
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