Allow to prevent displayName change in config

Is your feature request related to a problem you are facing? I currently cannot prevent an user to update his dsplay name. I’m setting it automatically and don’t want him to be able to change it.

Describe the solution you’d like Have a boolean parameter I can set in configOverwrite, which could be something like enableDisplayNameChange as true by default.

Describe alternatives you’ve considered To prevent users doing it I made an event listener on displayNameChange to set it back, but it will seem strange in an UX point of view.

[nilsreichardt]

If you use jwt token, you can set enableUserRolesBasedOnToken to true This removes the profile editing from the user interface for token authenticated users.

However savvy users can still change their displayName from the browser console with api.executeCommand(‘displayName’, ‘newname’); I am looking for a solution to prevent this. Maybe an option to disable the displayName command from the API? Could it be the same option as enableUserRolesBasedOnToken?

enableUserRolesBasedOnToken doesn’t exists anymore. It is separated into disableProfile and enableFeaturesBasedOnToken:

// Disables profile and the edit of all fields from the profile settings (display name and email)
disableProfile: true,

// Whether or not some features are checked based on token.
// enableFeaturesBasedOnToken: false,

[cubico]

It works for me with JitsiMeetExternalAPI:

<script src='https://meet.jit.si/external_api.js'></script>
<script>
  // check conference state (join page or videochat)
  let videoConferenceJoined = false;

  // set with an string to default value, "John Doe" by example
  let localDisplayName = null;

  const domain = 'meet.jit.si';
  const options = {...}; // put your own options here
  const api = new JitsiMeetExternalAPI(domain, options);

  // Force default value (You can comment this line if localDisplayName is null)
  api.executeCommand('displayName', localDisplayName);

  api.addEventListeners({
      displayNameChange: function(params){
        // if is Videochat, set the Join Page displayName
        if (videoConferenceJoined){
          return this.executeCommand('displayName', localDisplayName);
        }

        // if is Join Page, update global variable (localDisplayName) with input value
        localDisplayName = params.displayname;
      },
      videoConferenceJoined: function() {
       // flag the conference starts
        videoConferenceJoined = true;
      }
  });
</script>