Real name is displayed when it shouldn't be
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahara |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
| 1.10 |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
| 15.04 |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
| 15.10 |
Fix Released
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High
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Mahara 15.10+
When users can hide their real name, but don't choose to do so, their real name appears in places where it did not appear in Mahara 15.04.
The option for hiding the real name only states: "Check this box if you have set a display name and do not want other users to be able to find you by your real name in user searches."
That means, that they can be found by their real name, but it doesn't say that their real name is also displayed around the site alongside their display name. Regular users see the real name of a person displayed now in more places than before making it more cumbersome to read the name.
Examples where the real name besides the display name is shown but wasn't in Mahara 15.04:
- "Online users" sideblock
- "Shared with me"
- Group homepage if the user is a group admin
- on group members page
Marked as high priority because it could be a privacy concern for users who deliberately choose not to display their entire name but use a display name.
| Kristina Hoeppner (kris-hoeppner) wrote | #1 |
| Mahara Bot (dev-mahara) wrote A patch has been submitted for review | #2 |
| Robert Lyon (robertl-9) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in mahara: | |
| status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
| Aaron Wells (u-aaronw) wrote | #4 |
| Mahara Bot (dev-mahara) wrote A change has been merged | #5 |
| Mahara Bot (dev-mahara) wrote A patch has been submitted for review | #6 |
| Mahara Bot (dev-mahara) wrote | #7 |
| Mahara Bot (dev-mahara) wrote | #8 |
| Mahara Bot (dev-mahara) wrote A change has been merged | #9 |
| Mahara Bot (dev-mahara) wrote | #10 |
| Mahara Bot (dev-mahara) wrote | #11 |
| Changed in mahara: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
| no longer affects: | mahara/16.04 |
Update to this. From the mentioned places where a user's real name was shown rather than their display name, only the group members page was a problem when the user was invited to the group and still a pending member. All good ones she was a real member.
Steps to replicate:
1. Create three accounts: One site admin and two regular users (A and B).
2. As site admin, allow users to hide their real name under Config site -> Site options -> User settings
3. Log in as A and set the display name to "Display name".
4. Log in as B, create a group and on the member's page click on "Send multiple invitations at once".
Expected result: In the box "Potential members" I see user A listed as "Display name".
Actual result: I just see A for both, Potential members and Users to be invited. This is wrong as no display name is displayed at all.
If as administrator I don't see the display name but only the real name and the username.
This is the case in all the boxes, e.g. also on the institution members, staff and administrators pages in the administration.
In addition on the group members page, when I invited user A and check out the "Invites" in the list of members, I see the real name instead of the display name.