open edx (maple): Update header to show user's name rather than user's username

[briangrossman]

As an xPRO user, I'd like my name to appear in the pulldown in the header in edX rather than my username.

Designs and Mockups

Old Header - Uses name

New Header - Uses username

Acceptance Criteria:

• Update frontend-component-header-mitol to default to showing the username, but support the ability to show the name in the pulldown in the upper right.
• Update xPRO to show the name rather than username

Related Issues:

#2331

[asadiqbal08]

@briangrossman Do you have any reference for Old Header that Uses name ? It seems to me, the frontend-platform is not passing out the name property either that is manipulating in authenticatedUser here

So taking out the name,

• We have to either fork the frontend-platform in mitodl and use this (after modification) OR
• Create an upstream PR in edx frontend-platform repo for the corresponding change.

[briangrossman]

@asadiqbal08

Sorry... the phrase I used old header isn't very helpful. You can view this in the Legacy experience. Or the UI before the MFE for the header was in place.

Some ways to view it:

• If you're logged in as an admin (I believe), you can see a link for Legacy experience. When you switch over, you will see the username in the header
  
• If you are staff for a course, you can click on the Instructor tab. This will open with the pre-MFE version of the header:
  

Hopefully that helps.

[asadiqbal08]

@briangrossman my point is that, for that change "Showing name" in header MFE needs to update the frontend-platform MFE. If you require that change then I can create an upstream PR in edx Frontend-platform to accommodate the user's name information

[asadiqbal08]

Created a demo PR for reference purposes

[briangrossman]

Reopening because this isn't in place yet on production.

[asadali145]

This can be closed. Already live.
CC: @arslanashraf7