Using jQuery to find the current logged in user SharePoint 2010

JavaScript / jQuery on the page at either:
  • $(document).ready
  • _spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames
will not return the required result, since the menu elements we need to interrogate have not been rendered yet.
Solution:
  • Set a timer to keep running a particular function to wait until the menu is rendered
  • Stop the timer
  • Interrogate the DOM as required using jQuery
Code Example:
1 <script type='text/javascript'> 2 3 var timerHandle = ""; 4 var currentWindowsAccount = ""; 5 _spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("runCustom"); 6 7 function runCustom() { 8 timerHandle = setTimeout(getCurrentLoggedInUser, 10); 9 } 10 11 function getCurrentLoggedInUser() { 12 //Function requires jQuery 13 14 /* Retrieve the current logged in user from the My Profile option in ** 15 ** the Welcome Menu (id=ID_MySiteLinksMenu) ** 16 ** This needs a timeout to wait for the menu to be rendered via AJAX */ 17 18 //Timers are expensive on client resources, clear at all opportunities 19 clearTimeout(timerHandle); 20 21 var welcomeMenuItems = $('#ID_MySiteLinksMenu'); //ie:menu with id='ID_MySiteLinksMenu' 22 23 if (welcomeMenuItems.length > 0) { 24 var onmenuclickValue = welcomeMenuItems.attr("onmenuclick"); 25 var onmenuclicksplit = onmenuclickValue.split("="); 26 var loggedInUserString = onmenuclicksplit[1]; 27 var loggedInUserStringSplit = loggedInUserString.split("'"); 28 29 currentWindowsAccount = loggedInUserStringSplit[0]; 30 alert(currentWindowsAccount); 31 } 32 else { 33 //My Profile link has not been rendered yet, try again. 34 timerHandle = setTimeout(getCurrentLoggedInUser, 10); 35 } 36 } 37 38 </script>

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