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  2. MDL-65260

Should be possible for admins to choose to show 'username' in Show user identity

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      1. Log in as admin
      2. Create a user who has a username which does neither match parts of his first name, surname nor email address.
      3. Go to Site administration -> Users -> Permissions -> User policies.
      4. Verify that you can see 'Username' as one of the options for 'Show user identity'.
      5. Make a setting that includes that option.
      6. Verify in some places that show lists of users (e.g. course list of enrolled users, gradebook) that ther username is now shown for each user. (However, this bit of the code has not changed, it is just that previously this option could only be enabled in the database.)
      7. Go to the Enrolled users list in any course.
      8. Verify that you can sort the table by Username.
      9. Open the Enrol users panel
      10. Verify that you can search for the username of the user and will find the user
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      Log in as admin Create a user who has a username which does neither match parts of his first name, surname nor email address. Go to Site administration -> Users -> Permissions -> User policies. Verify that you can see 'Username' as one of the options for 'Show user identity'. Make a setting that includes that option. Verify in some places that show lists of users (e.g. course list of enrolled users, gradebook) that ther username is now shown for each user. (However, this bit of the code has not changed, it is just that previously this option could only be enabled in the database.) Go to the Enrolled users list in any course. Verify that you can sort the table by Username. Open the Enrol users panel Verify that you can search for the username of the user and will find the user

      It is a strange historical anomaly that 'username' cannot be selected in the Show user identity admin setting. While in some circumstances, showing user names would be a security issues, in other settings it is no issue at all, and what people want. (It is a common request on the moodle.org forums.)

      Also, although you cannot select the option in the admin UI, it works just fine if you set the option directly in the mdl_config table. We do that at the OU.

      Therefore, this issue is about just adding the option to the UI. MDL-52908 previouly existed for this, but got bogged down with discussions about further desirable improvements, and never finished. I am creating this issue to get the basic part done now. I decided to leave MDL-52908 open, in the hope that the more advanced work there can be completed later. There are good ideas there.

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            timhunt Tim Hunt
            timhunt Tim Hunt
            Dan Marsden Dan Marsden
            Jun Pataleta Jun Pataleta
            Anna Carissa Sadia Anna Carissa Sadia
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