# FR: support for audioUnitShortName() to display short AUv3 names in hosts like AUM

**URL:** https://forum.juce.com/t/fr-support-for-audiounitshortname-to-display-short-auv3-names-in-hosts-like-aum/40566
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [July 6, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/fr-support-for-audiounitshortname-to-display-short-auv3-names-in-hosts-like-aum/40566 "2020-07-06T22:24:17Z")
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### Author: ![djb-2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@djb-2](https://forum.juce.com/u/djb-2)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/fr-support-for-audiounitshortname-to-display-short-auv3-names-in-hosts-like-aum/40566/1 "2020-07-06T22:24:17Z")

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Hi there!

I was wondering if we could have support for this:  
[https://developer.apple.com/documentation/audiotoolbox/auaudiounit/2879329-audiounitshortname](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/audiotoolbox/auaudiounit/2879329-audiounitshortname)

I know we have getAlternativeDisplayNames() in the AudioProcessor class; perhaps the JUCE SDK can use the StringArray output of that member function and pass the first string that is sufficiently short (6 characters I believe) as output of getAlternativeDisplayNames() for audio units? Or have a separate function in the AudioProcessor?

Hosts like AUM use this function to find a short name (6 characters) to display the app/plugin name and it would be great to have support for that here in JUCE. I believe they need to be all upper case but I’m not 100% sure.

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### Author: ![railjonrogut](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/railjonrogut/32/505_2.png) [@railjonrogut](https://forum.juce.com/u/railjonrogut)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/fr-support-for-audiounitshortname-to-display-short-auv3-names-in-hosts-like-aum/40566/2 "2021-08-23T20:27:03Z")

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I need something like this for Logic (AU)… since my client’s selected plugin name is being truncated inside Logic Pro.