When selecting members of a thread, I would like to be able to use a different widget other than the private_message_thread_member_widget, which uses views as the entity reference source when choosing the members.
Is it possible to extend this module to do that, how would I go about doing it? I am unable to edit the field definition in the UI like I can for other entity reference fields.
If that is not possible, how can I go about altering the autocomplete query for the private_message_thread_member_widget
In addition to altering the users returned in the autocomplete, I want to be able to add the users picture along with the name in the output of autocomplete options.
Is this possible?
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To clarify, I'm trying to do two things here:
1. display the users picture/avatar next to their name in the autocomplete dropdown
2. alter the autocomplete query to further limit who someone is allowed to send a message to (for example only someone in a friends list)
I figure the best way to do this is to use a custom view to supply the results of the autocomplete dropdown, but not sure the best way to go about doing this.
any suggestions?