Double displayname doesn't result in showing the e-mail addres in the share menu

[michaelstingl]

An user reported:

We noticed that once there are more than one user with exactly the same "Display Name" configured, that the share menu shows all the names, but doesn't show the e-mail address behind it to know which one is which.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create 2 users
2. Add the same displayname (John Doe) to both users
3. Share a folder and start typing "John D…"

Expected behaviour

ownCloud should show additional information (like email) to distinguish users

Actual behaviour

I see both users, but don't know which is the right one

@MorrisJobke Are there any plans to improve this?

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[MorrisJobke]

I just thought about this. It would be ideal to show the email address only if there are duplicate entries. Then I checked the response on an autocomplete request and it doesn't contain any further information.

@rullzer Does it make sense to also deliver the email address (if set) to the frontend. Maybe this is already available as an OCS API and then show this info when it is needed. Or is this too much? Or the wrong approach?

[rullzer]

@MorrisJobke I would go for the user id (I think we had a ticket about that)... since the e-mail can be empty

[rullzer]

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[MorrisJobke]

@MorrisJobke I would go for the user id (I think we had a ticket about that)... since the e-mail can be empty

Nah...just think about LDAP ... you won't use the user ID -> it's internal stuff ;)

[MorrisJobke]

Ah okay...let's close this as duplicate

[rullzer]

well then we need to think about something generic. Since we can't assume the e-mail is set.

[MorrisJobke]

@rullzer #20291 (comment)