Document Statistics plugin

Live counts for the active document — shown in a dockable panel and, optionally, a compact status-bar summary. The numbers update as you type, for both the whole document and the current selection.

Where to find it

View ▸ Document Statistics opens the dock panel (the always-on, detailed surface). A short summary can also appear in the status bar (see Settings).

What it reports

Metric	Meaning
Lines	Line breaks + 1 (a \r\n counts as one break); empty text is 1 line.
Words	Maximal runs of letters/digits; each CJK ideograph/kana counts as one word; punctuation, underscore, hyphen and apostrophe separate words.
Characters	Unicode code points, including whitespace.
Characters (no spaces)	Code points excluding whitespace.
Bytes	UTF-8 byte length.
Line endings	The mix of CRLF / LF / CR in the file.
Reading time	Estimated from the word count and your reading speed.

The panel has a Refresh button for updating on demand (useful on very large files — see the throttle setting).

Settings

Preferences ▸ Plugins ▸ Document Statistics:

Setting	Effect
Show statistics in the status bar	Master toggle for the compact status-bar segment.
Status-bar metrics: Words / Characters	Pick which appear in that segment. Line count is not offered here — the editor's own status bar already shows it; the Document Statistics panel keeps the full line count.
Reading speed	Words per minute used for the reading-time estimate.
Throttle live updates above … KB	Above this file size, the panel refreshes less often to keep typing responsive (set to the minimum — "Always update" — to never throttle). Use the panel's Refresh button to update on demand.

See also the user-facing overview under Document statistics.