Timeline for Invalid ViewState when Filling PeoplePicker using jQuery

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Jan 26, 2016 at 16:16	comment	added	vapcguy		I since found out, you could do the SPServices call, but they don't have "Name" as a field - there is "FirstName" and "LastName", and you'd have to do some concatenation: `var thisUsersValues = $().SPServices.SPGetCurrentUser({ fieldNames: ["FirstName", "LastName"], debug: false }); var name = thisUsersValues.FirstName + ' ' + thisUsersValues.LastName;` Then you would still use `.html(name)` to add it in.
Dec 29, 2015 at 22:45	comment	added	vapcguy		Yeah, they've modified that ID to be different in all the SP versions, I stopped keeping up with them. Glad you found the right ID. In 2013, they stopped putting "Welcome" beside the logged-in user's name.
Dec 23, 2015 at 16:27	vote	accept	bgmCoder
Dec 23, 2015 at 16:06	comment	added	bgmCoder		I think you are right; it was the `spservices` call fetching the username that must have been invalidating the page. I replaced it with your function and it worked. Nota Bene, though, for 2010, I fetched the `user` value with this instead: `$('[id*="zz17_Menu"] span').text();` and didn't have to use `split` on `welcomeText`. But it worked! I am astounded. But you can also fetch the username without spservices like this: sharepoint.stackexchange.com/a/53516/7452
Dec 21, 2015 at 16:48	history	answered	vapcguy	CC BY-SA 3.0