Hi Iris Kuppen ,

I'm not sure why this changed yet, will let you know when I find out. But in the meantime perhaps you can make use of autohotkey to handle this?

community.sdl.com/.../45716

I know it's not giving the automatic visual clue you have now but it may be useful.

You might also find the verification option under File -> Options -> Verification -> QA Checker 3.0 -> Length Verification useful if you have a standard length you need to avoid.

If you're handling XML then this article might be interesting as it explains how to do a more sophisticated length check based on variable lengths stated in your XML files:

multifarious.filkin.com/.../

If the files you are handling are bilingual Excel (as these often have length restrictions) then there is also an option for controlling the lengths in there under File -> Options -> Filetypes -> Bilingual Excel -> Common -> Length Limitation Column

So quite a few options, and whilst I'm not suggesting these are the replacements for this feature apparently not offerring what it did before they might be useful things to know if you were not aware of them in the meantime.

I'll come back with more information when I have it.

Regards

Paul

Hi Paul,

I also have this problem since this morning when I update Studio 2017 to SR1. It is very problematic for me as all the segments I am working on contain character restriction. I need to know in real time how many characters there are, spaces included, in order to amend translations quickly and assess how many words I can delete/add. I hope we can have an answer quickly. Thank you in advance ! (I forgot to add that  the number of characters displayed remains the same wether I add or remove character.)