Override user initials

[gregoryloichot]

Package

Panel builder

Package Version

v4

How can we help you?

Hello everyone,

I wanted to know if, to your knowledge, there is a way to override the method that generates user initials (which are displayed in the profile menu, for example)?

Typically, I would like a user with a compound name: John Doe-Smith to have the initials JDS (and not "JD"). Is this possible?

Thank you.

[leandrocfe]

ui-avatars.com supports length. You can customize the default provider:

• Create a custom provider

CustomUiAvatarsProvider.php

use Filament\AvatarProviders\UiAvatarsProvider;
use Filament\Facades\Filament;
use Filament\Support\Colors\Color;
use Filament\Support\Facades\FilamentColor;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class CustomUiAvatarsProvider extends UiAvatarsProvider
{
    public function get(Model|Authenticatable $record): string
    {
        $name = str(Filament::getNameForDefaultAvatar($record))
            ->trim()
            ->explode(' ')
            ->join('+');

        return str('https://ui-avatars.com/api/?name=')
            ->append($name)
            ->append('&color=FFFFFF&background=')
            ->append(FilamentColor::getColor('gray')[950] ?? Color::Gray[950])
            ->append('&length=3');
    }
}

Add this provider in your panel

return $panel
    ->defaultAvatarProvider(CustomUiAvatarsProvider::class)

[gregoryloichot]

Amazing, thanks!