History: User Preference Field

            {syntax type="markdown"  editor="wysiwyg"} *Since Tiki >= 2.0*
This field allows you to be able to change ((user preferences)) value directly from a tracker.

The value of the field will be taken from the user preferences, and if the field is changed the value will be changed. This permits, for example, for a user to change his password in the same screen as the rest of the ((User Tracker)) fields.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| preference | password, email |


About Tiki4.0+, we also have

| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| preference | realName, ... (see below) |


Tiki 6.0+, we also have 
 have

| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| preference | language |

## Configuration

- the tracker must have a user field of type 1 that will give the user name.
- you might need to set Admin Home / Community / User Preferences Screen on (e.g. for realName)

## How to find out which preferences can be used?

(the result shown below is from a Tiki22) 
{CODE()}
MariaDB [xxx_tiki22]> select distinct prefName from tiki_user_preferences order by prefName;
+<strike>-</strike><strike>-</strike><strike>-</strike><strike>-</strike><strike>-</strike><strike>-</strike>+
| prefName                     |
+<strike>-</strike><strike>-</strike><strike>-</strike><strike>-</strike><strike>-</strike><strike>-</strike>+
| admin_recent_prefs           |
| allowMsgs                    |
| country                      |
| default_calendars            |
| diff_versions                |
| display_12hr_clock           |
| display_timezone             |
| email is public              |
| filegals_autoupload          |
| gender                       |
| homePage                     |
| language                     |
| lat                          |
| lon                          |
| mailCharset                  |
| mailCurrentAccount           |
| mess_archiveAfter            |
| mess_maxRecords              |
| mess_sendReadStatus          |
| minPrio                      |
| mytiki_articles              |
| mytiki_blogs                 |
| mytiki_forum_replies         |
| mytiki_forum_topics          |
| mytiki_gals                  |
| mytiki_items                 |
| mytiki_msgs                  |
| mytiki_pages                 |
| mytiki_tasks                 |
| objectperm_admin_features    |
| objectperm_admin_groups      |
| perspective_preferred        |
| pref_filters                 |
| read_language                |
| realName                     |
| remember_closed_rboxes       |
| show_mouseover_user_info     |
| tasks_maxRecords             |
| user_dbl                     |
| user_information             |
| userbreadCrumb               |
| xmpp_custom_server_http_bind |
| xmpp_jid                     |
| xmpp_password                |
+<strike>-</strike><strike>-</strike><strike>-</strike><strike>-</strike><strike>-</strike><strike>-</strike>+
44 rows in set (0.007 sec)
{CODE}

## Note

As of Tiki 16.x, while you can use some field like country and user_information, they show up just as text fields and don't provide a drop down.

## Links

- [http://tiki.org/UserPreferencesAdmin|I wanna create custom user preferences]
- The old wish log [http://dev.tiki.org/wish2403|More preference to come in future versions (Full name, avatar, etc) ...]





Alias names for this page: 
(alias(RealName)) | (alias(Real Name)) | (alias(Real Names)) | (alias(Real Names))