Use a user's full name as their display name if a nickname hasn't been specified

model/user.go

@@ -237,9 +237,23 @@ func (u *User) AddNotifyProp(key string, value string) {
 	u.NotifyProps[key] = value
 }
 
+func (u *User) GetFullName() string {
+	if u.FirstName != "" && u.LastName != "" {
+		return u.FirstName + " " + u.LastName
+	} else if u.FirstName != "" {
+		return u.FirstName
+	} else if u.LastName != "" {
+		return u.LastName
+	} else {
+		return ""
+	}
+}
+
 func (u *User) GetDisplayName() string {
 	if u.Nickname != "" {
 		return u.Nickname
+	} else if fullName := u.GetFullName(); fullName != "" {
+		return fullName
 	} else {
 		return u.Username
 	}

model/user_test.go

@@ -108,13 +108,43 @@ func TestUserIsValid(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestUserGetFullName(t *testing.T) {
+	user := User{}
+
+	if fullName := user.GetFullName(); fullName != "" {
+		t.Fatal("Full name should be blank")
+	}
+
+	user.FirstName = "first"
+	if fullName := user.GetFullName(); fullName != "first" {
+		t.Fatal("Full name should be first name")
+	}
+
+	user.FirstName = ""
+	user.LastName = "last"
+	if fullName := user.GetFullName(); fullName != "last" {
+		t.Fatal("Full name should be last name")
+	}
+
+	user.FirstName = "first"
+	if fullName := user.GetFullName(); fullName != "first last" {
+		t.Fatal("Full name should be first name and last name")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestUserGetDisplayName(t *testing.T) {
-	user := User{FirstName: "first", LastName: "last", Username: "user"}
+	user := User{Username: "user"}
 
 	if displayName := user.GetDisplayName(); displayName != "user" {
 		t.Fatal("Display name should be username")
 	}
 
+	user.FirstName = "first"
+	user.LastName = "last"
+	if displayName := user.GetDisplayName(); displayName != "first last" {
+		t.Fatal("Display name should be full name")
+	}
+
 	user.Nickname = "nickname"
 	if displayName := user.GetDisplayName(); displayName != "nickname" {
 		t.Fatal("Display name should be nickname")

web/react/utils/utils.jsx

@@ -825,10 +825,28 @@ module.exports.changeColor =function(col, amt) {
     return (usePound?"#":"") + String("000000" + (g | (b << 8) | (r << 16)).toString(16)).slice(-6);
 };
 
+module.exports.getFullName = function(user) {
+    if (user.first_name && user.last_name) {
+        return user.first_name + " " + user.last_name;
+    } else if (user.first_name) {
+        return user.first_name;
+    } else if (user.last_name) {
+        return user.last_name;
+    } else {
+        return "";
+    }
+};
+
 module.exports.getDisplayName = function(user) {
     if (user.nickname && user.nickname.trim().length > 0) {
         return user.nickname;
     } else {
-        return user.username;
+        var fullName = module.exports.getFullName(user);
+
+        if (fullName) {
+            return fullName;
+        } else {
+            return user.username;
+        }
     }
 };