[SOLVED] Use email address as username AND still be able to use name field.

Hi, I am using Joomla 3 with CB 1.9 and want to be able to use email address as username.
I think this should be the default setting for CB in this age since so many services do just this.
I was able to register the email address as username BUT ONLY when the registration form is empty of ANY name fields. The problem is that I really want to be able to register the name of my users as well...

Have I missed a setting or is this not possible in CB?

Quick hack solution:
Find line 1496 in /administrator/components/com_comprofiler/library/cb/cb.tables.php
and change it to the following:
Please observe that the quotes are single quotes: '.

Disable the username field then use CB Auto Actions in a field action with the after registration trigger to set username to

Thank you for the answer krileon, but why is this setting not possible within vanilla CB? Or why not even default?

Otherwise I must say that I really like the new version (1.9)! Especially with the bootstrap template.

Thanks for all the great work!

kiper wrote: Thank you for the answer krileon, but why is this setting not possible within vanilla CB? Or why not even default?

Otherwise I must say that I really like the new version (1.9)! Especially with the bootstrap template.

Thanks for all the great work!

We will be improving this with next CB versions (starting with CB 2.0).

Thanks nant, great to know!