Phone
Phone copied to clipboard
[feature request] option to make search global and not tab specific
Checklist
- [X] I made sure that there are no existing issues - open or closed - to which I could contribute my information.
- [X] I made sure that there are no existing discussions - open or closed - to which I could contribute my information.
- [X] I have read the FAQs inside the app (Menu -> About -> FAQs) and my problem isn't listed.
- [X] I have taken the time to fill in all the required details. I understand that the bug report will be dismissed otherwise.
- [X] This issue contains only one feature request.
- [X] I have read and understood the contribution guidelines.
- [X] I optionally donated to support the Fossify mission.
Feature description
Most often the dial app opens by default on the call history tab (as I often either call someone I've already called recently, or call back someone that's just called me). However if I want to call someone that's not in there I naturally use the search bar to search that contact but with the current behaviour gets an empty result as it searches only in the tab I'm in (Call history). So I have to go to the contact tab and then search again. This feels like a rather counter-intuitive behaviour, at least for my workflow.
While I'm sure some user like the current behaviour, it would be nice to have the option to make the search bar a global search across all tabs. Especially as this "global search" behaviour requested here is by the way the default behaviour of the main dial app on stock android and lineage os and so I expect this is what users would be most used to (including myself, and I was rather confused by the behaviour of the Simple Contact / Dial app in that respect)
Why do you want this feature?
To make the experience more intuitive and faster, as well as aligned with other contact apps.
Additional information
Request on SMT: https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Contacts/issues/1031