implemented loading icons

That a contact excludes itself in the autocomplete makes no sense and caused problems.

- [ ] test coverage
- [x] finish the code
- [ ] gather feedback for my changes
- [ ] submit changes to the documentation


| Q             | A
| ------------- | ---
| Bug fix?      | no
| New feature?  | no
| Tests pass?   | none
| Fixed tickets | none
| Doc           | none