This panel shows the active user's name and picture.

If you want to change the appearance of this panel's text (text color, size, font, shadow, etc.), modify the UserTitle.dsskin file in the panel's directory (usually %appdata%\Desktop Sidebar\plugins\UserTitle).

Version 2.1, Released March 6th, 2005, Changes:
- Fixed bug where whenever the user image wasn't displayed, Panel Properties was opened and OK was clicked an error message popped up.

Version 2.0, Released March 4th, 2005. Changes:
- Option to not display a user image.
- Option to specify custom user name and image.
- Panel (hopefully) handles errors better.
- The text now inherits from the main skin to better integrate with the global look of the skin.

Requirements
- Desktop Sidebar version 1.05 build 88 (might work with earlier versions too).
- Microsoft .NET Framework Redistributable 1.1.

Download
- From the Extension Exchange page.

Please post feedback in this thread! Thanks.

really nice. Only the succesful installed message during installation.

I have for this panel a further suggestion.

I know we have the SystemShutdown Panel, but what do you think about this.

One click on the username or the users picture will lock the worksation or change the user like WIN+L.

And if a user don't want this option he can disable it in the panel properties.

GoMa-YOU ARE GREAT!
That's exactly what I wanted.Great work.

Neat!
Perfect install.

Hi GoMa,
Can you please tell me how did you sign the panel?

I haven't tried it with the command line copmiler because I don't use it, but I think you have to:
1. Open the command prompt (Start->Run: cmd).
2. Type this: [.NET Framework SDK folder]\Bin\sn -k c:\mykey.snk
3. In the beginning of your panel's code add this:

Where is exactly [.NET Framework SDK folder]?
I tried this:C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322 But I can't find the bin directory there.

What is signing?

You don't need it.It's for .NET panels.It makes it so the installation will go smoother...

(I cannot run .NET panel without it installed and I develop .NET panels)-So I have the SDK .
I also found out how to do it so nevermind.I just have some problems now.Hopw I'll fix it.

Everything is fine,I think.Thanks GoMa I'm sorry for using your thread for this

Nice job GoMa. Looks good. Works well.

Coult69

hmm i didnt know this panel existed. well done . Downloading this now...

Does not work when logged into a Domain Hehe, oh well, it works other wise on my person laptop sitting right beside my work computer

Well it does not show anything, gives me a load error, somthing about not being able to pass the parimenter. Mostlikely contributed to the way that Active Directory is setup...

super space saving request...

please combine the start menu panel with user title panel.

if u click on the user name or user icon, the start menu will open.

also, can you please make the user name font bigger... like it appears on the start-menu...

It will be nice if you combine the start menu and user title panels.But you don't have to do it now-wait for the system tray and task tray panels to be released and then do it.I still use the original taskbar so I don't neeed the start panel.But combining them eventually is a good idea.

feature request: option to choose font size, face, style and color

Already possible, antu^jamban:
Open with notepad:
C:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\Application Data\Desktop Sidebar\plugins\UserTitle\UserTitle.dsskin
You should be able to edit the font size and color there. Just make sure you restart DS after that.

Danger, I have windows 2003 Server, all plugins function good and well, but then I installed this plugin without thinking that in w2k3 there is not user icons...

It scrapped my Dsidebar
Now I have repair it, but if you have win2000 or win2k3 don't use this plugin, it is a winXP only...

Then, don't ask for compatibility, DS is supossed to be winXP only

I am sorry, it should display only the user name (without the image). I was checking if the operating system is less than WinXp instead of not XP. I think I've repaired this problem now. I will upload a new version soon.

Is there a way to make it read the user name?
Like the one on the start menu?

Doesn't it read the user name right now, just like in the start menu? Works for me. :users:
What Window version are you using?

It also didn't show the right user name for me once but I reinstalled Windows so now it works. Maybe he should change and restore he's user name.

I changed my user name from a longer one to a smaller one but DS UserTitle still shows the long one,
so I guess no steady update on the information there...
What did I do wrong? How can I change the name to the shorter one?

Did you log out and then in since then? Restarted DS?

I have Windows XP home.
And it seems to be reading from my computer name rather than my user account.

Like when you open a folder the path name is like...

C:\Documents and Settings\Lucifer66\Local Settings\

Well I think it is reading from there because my user account name is different.
I basically made a user account name with unicode for my start menu and I was trying to get the same name on my sidebar,

Is that possible?

btw thanks for your patience!

Well, isn't that the user name (in your case "Lucifer66")? I am getting the user name from Windows.

Maybe you should do it like it is explained in here: http://www.thecodeproject.com/csharp/getusername.asp

Well maybe if you made it with an option to put in the name you want it to display.

Just an idea.
Since I got a f-- in c++
lol

Yes, I'll support that... Let us enter a name of our own, some people might have entered their full name,
but only want their christian name on the bar... I now confess though.... I did, too...

Fine, will add.

Yeah...way cool

Thanks

GoMa, if you have free time, I would like to see this panel have option to turn on/off user picture, set text alignment (left/center/right), text formatting, text color chooser (the color is taken from text color settings of skin in use <--- having it integrate seemlessly with skin)

I know I can edit the dsskin file but ..em... its kinda hard. So what do you say?

Text formating is a problem. The panel uses a skin file (dsskin) and that means that it will use its data. Otherwise, it is hard to change the text format. That's the way DS is built. However, it can be done by letting the panel to modify its own dsskin file, but then I'm not sure if it will get updated without restarting DS. That's the weakness of using skin files I think that there should be an option to do it in an easier way.

Now that's what I call a problem

Maybe it will be changed in the next builds. He can do it without the ITextOutput using GDI - I just did a panel which draws a text using GDI - it looks really nice and customizable.

and that makes you a great panel builder

GoMa is also a great panel builder - I believe he'll be able to do it too. It isn't that hard

Actually, now I see that there's a "Insert" option to the skin manager which mean that you can add different forammtings while the panel is loaded, I think. Maybe GoMa can use that.

Hmm, I guess this is a global problem.

Go GoMa, one of the Master Panel Devs

How do you I change the picture,avatar or whatever you want to call it? cuz when I try to do so I have to go to my system and then I get an error that I can not change it, so I have to disable the panel in order to do so.Is there any easier way I can not find any option in the panel,panel properties are gray out.BTW I am using Widows XP Pro.Thanks!