Selection character count

[Mozilla2048]

When you select a long text, it would be nice if the right-click menu displayed how many characters (and how many words) are in the selection. For example:

Random unrelated idea: remove the "Search [engine name] for '[selection text]'" option for extremely long selections. It's useless to search for entire paragraphs and it can overload the network.

[Jon]

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[siffemcon]

While waiting for implementation if it happens, consider the Word Counter add-on.

https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/word-counter/

[sitontheedge]

You know, it never would have occurred to me to ask for this as a feature. But it would save me many instances of opening an editor just to find this very information.