Make username input field also accept user ID (in addition to name)

I think this is a good idea.

My concern is supporting with themed usernames like with http://drupal.org/project/realname, so just clarifying this wouldn't switch to uid-only.

Oh yeah, sorry for the confusion. I definitely meant "in addition to". :)

The concrete use-case I'm commonly facing is that I only have a user's ID through the means of a support ticket from a completely separate helpdesk system. In such cases, it would be great if I could just simply paste the uid into the form field and hit ENTER.

Module already using core's entity_autocomplete element that support name and ID

Actually not

Hi,
I have modified code to allow user id as input in addition to username.
Adding patch user_id_input-92950-#7.patch
Please review.

+++ b/src/Form/MasqueradeForm.php
@@ -66,22 +66,17 @@ class MasqueradeForm extends FormBase {
-    $form['autocomplete'] = array(
...
-    $form['autocomplete']['masquerade_as'] = array(
-      '#type' => 'entity_autocomplete',

removal of wrapper will break form
also removal of autocomplete is no-go, so should be added own controller

Hi I created new module where I had extended the masquarde, so that now we can able to search with role,email,user id,username

Masquerade Extra

I created new module where I had extended the masquerade, so that now we can able to search with role,email,user id,username

Masquerade Extra

@sreenivasparuchuri Thanks! I could be great foundation for #1926876: Fix and rework the masquerade_advanced sub-module

Otoh I prefer to keep module slim so better to keep all UI additions separate

I bet current core allows to use view result as autocomplete so you just need to alter existing form

Technically is not API break but I'm sure that lots of custom modules and themes alters current keys in the form