[Bug or feature?] character count in editor no longer shows spaces in Studio 2017 SR1

Question

Hi! 
 I have updated Studio 2017 to SR1 and noticed that the character count in the editor (Chars at the bottom right of the screen) no longer includes spaces. It used to count spaces in the previous version of Studio 2017. Is there a way to enable counting spaces again? This is important for length restrictions. 
 
 Please let me know if there is any way to enable this or if perhaps both the characters with and without spaces can be shown in the bottom bar. 
 Thanks!

Ladislav Hlavatý · Accepted Answer

Yes, I can confirm this was fixed in CU7 that was released almost a month ago.

Paul · Answer

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

Paul · Answer

Hi, 
 
This issue has a couple of things to fix and could not be completed in time for this update. It needs the following work: 
 
1. Currently says it counts the source in the display settings but it actually counts the target 
2. Needs an option for counts with or without spaces 
 
These fixes will be scheduled into a future update. 
 
Regards 
 
Paul

Paul · Answer

Hi Gerard Kingma , 
 
Have you tried using the QA check for length verification in the meantime? 
 
Regards 
 
Paul

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[Bug or feature?] character count in editor no longer shows spaces in Studio 2017 SR1