# Prioritizing full name vs username in the UX

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/prioritizing-full-name-vs-username-in-the-ux/45415>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [08.Июнь.2016 05:14:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prioritizing-full-name-vs-username-in-the-ux/45415 "2016-06-08T05:14:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [08.Июнь.2016 05:14:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prioritizing-full-name-vs-username-in-the-ux/45415/1 "2016-06-08T05:14:36Z")

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I just added a site setting that allows you to prioritize full names as opposed to usernames in the UI.

When usernames are prioritized cause the site setting `prioritize_username_in_ux` is enabled you will see:

In card:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/5/e5e57309d42a6c082db0095901e51b7d2325d089.png)

On user page:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/d/8d663e589fce03142c8ea022cda841518831758a.png)

In post stream:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/c/5c51b12f1ce3aadb209d60fc68db57522a82787d.png)

### If you change it so `prioritize_username_in_ux` is disabled you will see:

In card:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/3/c3bc537a4fa4020ea36ec9481aa2587307f320b5.png)

On user page:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/4/f4e3b334534f028481bdec75d3b498f84a4a2e3b.png)

In post stream:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/2/b222617ff6d3d52d25a74cceef3ff85d96c8cd06.png)

I feel an @ symbol may be worth adding per:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/0/d0c5b1049a0693259beec3cd229052dff5e07abd.png)

This can be done safely via CSS, leaving it off for now.

Quotes inside the UX still pull in username eg:

> [@sam](#):
>
> Eg: this quote is going to sam: as opposed to sam saffron:

We may look at making this switch to be fullname based when the setting is set.

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