From 7078373fbbb3a5b483922abf82889a699a9831a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Travis Ralston <travis+github@t2bot.io>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 08:52:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Support a config option to change the default device name
 (#20790)

---
 docs/config.md     | 2 ++
 src/vector/app.tsx | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/config.md b/docs/config.md
index 4e889b94a2..4a5bf9a4a9 100644
--- a/docs/config.md
+++ b/docs/config.md
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ For a good example, see https://develop.element.io/config.json.
   the well-known location is used instead.
 1. `analyticsOwner`: The entity that analytics data is being sent to. Used in copy
    when explaining to the user where data is being sent. If not set, defaults to `brand`.
+1. `defaultDeviceDisplayName`: The default device display name to use for new logins
+   and registrations. If not set then a calculated version will be used.
 
 Note that `index.html` also has an og:image meta tag that is set to an image
 hosted on riot.im. This is the image used if links to your copy of Element
diff --git a/src/vector/app.tsx b/src/vector/app.tsx
index 809c9fb676..61069fa236 100644
--- a/src/vector/app.tsx
+++ b/src/vector/app.tsx
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ export async function loadApp(fragParams: {}) {
         return;
     }
 
+    const defaultDeviceName = config['defaultDeviceDisplayName'] ?? platform.getDefaultDeviceDisplayName();
+
     const MatrixChat = sdk.getComponent('structures.MatrixChat');
     return <MatrixChat
         onNewScreen={onNewScreen}
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ export async function loadApp(fragParams: {}) {
         enableGuest={!config.disable_guests}
         onTokenLoginCompleted={onTokenLoginCompleted}
         initialScreenAfterLogin={getScreenFromLocation(window.location)}
-        defaultDeviceDisplayName={platform.getDefaultDeviceDisplayName()}
+        defaultDeviceDisplayName={defaultDeviceName}
     />;
 }