The discussion revolves around locking down the Display Name field on a Discourse forum, allowing only moderators/admins to edit it. arwen wants to enforce a specific format for display names in a professional group. While sam thinks this is not currently possible and suggests a feature request, HAWK mentions that some Single Sign-On (SSO) setups may offer this functionality. arwen found a workaround by using custom CSS to hide the display name pane from users, although it can still be edited by admins/moderators in the Admin panel.
Hello,
I have set up a discourse forum that is connected to an organization. Some of the users are not following the instructions to have the display name in a certain format. (e.g. we want John D versus a nickname like DogLover.) Since we are more of a professional group, it would be great if that field was not user-defined.
Is there a way to lock down the display name where only moderators/admins can edit a user’s display name?
I do not think so, we only lock the username after a certain amount of time. Sounds like an interesting feature request for some communities.
I’ve seen a few SSO setups that work this way (not necessarily by design) so you could investigate that route.
I ended up using custom CSS to remove the display name pane from a user’s preferences panel.
div.control-group.pref-name
{
visibility: hidden;
display: none;
}
It can still be edited by admins/moderators in the Admin panel when administering a user.