Disable the default username in the registration form

Question

I just installed and configured the logintoboggan module; I created extra fields and they are displayed just fine. I can't remember how to disable the drupal default username field on the registration form.

Can anyone assist me?

Answer 1

To disable a field in a form you must use hook_form_alter() like

MYMODULE_form_alter($form, $form_state, $form_id) {
  if ($form_id == 'user_register_form' ) { // id of registration form
    $form['account']['name']['#access'] = FALSE;
  }
}

#access

Used by: All elements and forms

Description: Whether the element is accessible or not; when FALSE, the element is not rendered and the user submitted value is not taken into consideration.

I would also like to mention for other people reading this that this can also be accomplished with the email_registration module