Currently, in Account Settings > Display we have a setting that lets users control whether names in Mattermost are displayed as full names or usernames. [image] This causes a couple of issues we’ve heard feedback on: System Admins want to be able to set this for all their users (most people woul…

I can see the logic of setting the default on the server (and having that apply to notifications), but I expect a lot of our users to be disappointed if they can’t override this. Specifically some people prefer the “nickname if exists” setting and others prefer the full name. Can we keep the option…

Hi @gubbins - that’s one of the things we were wondering about, but we weren’t sure what the demand for a user specific setting would be like. I think if it’s a common need, we can add the user setting back in as well and have the system one as a default. (We would probably need to have the push no…

Understood @lfbrock . I think the demand certainly exists here in my workplace (I will likely get moaned at if this is taken away!)

I am working on this now with everyone

I am working on this now with everyone Can you help describe more what you mean @rjkmurray89 ?

that feature sounds great. Is it already possible to at least set the default “Teammate Name Display” system wide?

@bnf2si Starting with Mattermost 4.0, the “Teammate Name Display” can now be set system wide in the System Console: https://docs.mattermost.com/administration/config-settings.html#teammate-name-display There is also a feature proposal for having an end user setting in addition to the system one: …

Switching Teammate Name Display to a System Console Setting

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Switching Teammate Name Display to a System Console Setting

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