Customizing Nova 4 User Menu default user name

To customize the default user name in the Nova 4 User Menu, you can create a custom tool and override the renderNavigation method. Here's an example:

1. Create a new tool using the nova:tool Artisan command:

php artisan nova:tool CustomUserMenu

1. In the CustomUserMenu tool class, override the renderNavigation method:

<?php

namespace App\Nova\Tools;

use Laravel\Nova\Nova;
use Laravel\Nova\Tool;

class CustomUserMenu extends Tool
{
    public function renderNavigation()
    {
        $user = auth()->user();

        return view('nova::partials.user', [
            'user' => $user,
            'name' => $user->name . ' - ' . $user->role,
            'avatar' => $user->avatar(),
            'url' => url(Nova::path().'/resources/users/'.$user->id),
        ]);
    }
}

1. In the renderNavigation method, we're getting the authenticated user and passing a custom name that includes the user's role. You can modify this to suit your needs.

2. Finally, register the tool in the tools method of your NovaServiceProvider:

use App\Nova\Tools\CustomUserMenu;

// ...

public function tools()
{
    return [
        new CustomUserMenu,
    ];
}

1. That's it! Now when you log in to your Nova dashboard, you should see the custom user name in the User Menu.