Is there a way to hide Contacts on Dialpad?

[bryankaplan]

When I’m trying to dial, I find it distracting and irritating when every single digit I press creates a flashing change on the screen above the Dialpad. All I want to see is the dialpad. If I wanted to select a contact, I’d have started out on the Contacts tab.

I think Google forked this project, and made some minor tweaks, because their newly released phone app is almost identical. I went to F-Droid looking for a better phone precisely because Google’s new phone app shows Contacts on the Dialpad.

[naveensingh]

See FossifyOrg/Phone#524 for more info on this.

[bryankaplan]

Thank you, @naveensingh. From that ticket:

There is no clear usability benefit of adding this option.

The clear benefit is that the screen isn’t flashing at you, changing all around, when you’re just trying to enter a phone number. Maybe you aren’t personally bothered by it, but I find it completely unusable.

The list is also required for displaying dialpad search results

I do not want “dialpad search results”, ever. If I wanted to search, I’d use a dedicated search feature, which in truth I’d never use. There is a Contacts tab for searching for contacts, and that’s perfectly adequate.

hiding it would conflict with the Open the dialpad by default preference since users won't be able to see contacts anymore.

That’s incorrect, as there’s a Contacts tab.

Edit: But even if that was true, Google gives us a Contacts app for contacts, which can initiate a call. So the Contacts tab is redundant already, and showing the contacts above the Dialpad can only serve to irritate, annoy, and possibly send epileptics into seizures.