Frontend: Change "Name Override" to "Friendly Name Override" for clarity

Created on 26 Jan 2020  路  2Comments  路  Source: home-assistant/frontend

The request


In Developer Tools / States / More Info (for any entity) / gear icon / a modal pops up
The first field suggests "Name Override" It would be more clear if it said "Friendly Name Override"

The term "Friendly Name" is commonly used. Not using it here is confusing. What name are we overriding? If we don't use the word "Friendly" here, then why do we use it anywhere?

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I'm suggesting consistency. Getting rid of "Friendly" everywhere would be fine, but leaving it off here or there creates confusion.

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How about just "Name" ?

Friendly name made sense when you were writing things out in YAML to differentiate between the entity ID and the more readable name that displays in your UI. But that distinction seems unnecessary here imo.

I'm suggesting consistency. Getting rid of "Friendly" everywhere would be fine, but leaving it off here or there creates confusion.

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