Community members are unable to view their own āProfile Headerā image when looking at their profiles. Richie asked for an explanation, and Johani provided the reason: the container with the background image is collapsed by default when viewing oneās own profile. To view the image, users can click the āexpandā button. Alternatively, a theme modification can be applied using a script to override this behavior and always display the image. Richie thanked Johani for the solution.
Our community members (and I) are wondering why they canāt see their own āProfile Headerā image when viewing their own profiles.
They usually want to see how their profile page looks to other people but they have no way of viewing their image once uploaded.
Iām guessing thereās a reason for this but I canāt think what that reason might be 
Can anyone shed any light for me so I can let them know?
The container that has the background is collapsed by default if youāre viewing your own profile. If you click on expand here
youāll see the background.
Itās collapsed by default if youāre viewing your own profile because you usually care more about the information below the image rather than the image itself - especially on mobile.
If youād like to override this behavior, you can add something like this in your themeās common > header tab.
<script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.8">
const discourseComputed = require("discourse-common/utils/decorators").default;
api.modifyClass("controller:user", {
@discourseComputed
viewingSelf() {
return false;
}
});
</script>
Well, thatās embarrassing to say the least 
Thank you for the solution @Johani 