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fix(desktop): show real name initial in avatar fallback instead of "Y"#504

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@matt2e matt2e commented May 8, 2026

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Screenshot 2026-05-08 at 10 32 06 am

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Screenshot 2026-05-08 at 12 09 38 pm

Summary

  • Fixes avatar fallback to display the user's real name initial instead of always showing "Y"
  • Updates MembersSidebar, MembersSidebarMemberCard, and SystemMessageRow components to pass and use the member's display name for avatar generation

Test plan

  • Verify avatar fallback in the members sidebar shows the correct initial for each member
  • Verify system message avatars show the correct initial
  • Confirm that members with profile pictures are unaffected

When no avatar image is set, the fallback letter was derived from "You"
(showing "Y") instead of the user's actual display name. Pass the real
name to avatar components in SystemMessageRow and MembersSidebar while
keeping "You" for the text label.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Matt Toohey <contact@matttoohey.com>
@matt2e matt2e requested a review from wesbillman as a code owner May 8, 2026 01:58
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haha much better!

@wesbillman wesbillman merged commit 823cae4 into main May 8, 2026
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@wesbillman wesbillman deleted the avatar-name branch May 8, 2026 05:04
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