Not in regular blender, but yeah in my build you can turn off facedots in xray. The reasoning for not being able to turn them off is mostly for single click selection using them. I am a fan of just allowing the user to do what they want, whether it can lead to some temporary confusion (is face mode on? where do I click to select a face?) isn’t my business. Since I’m not a dev, I have the luxury of not needing to worry about that very much.
@1D_Inc thanks for the video, I like that setup