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Matej

• November 17, 2022 20:44

Hello,

As a student, I need to stick to tight wordcounts and WorkFlowy is not very helpful in this. I couldn't find a single extension that would count the words properly because it always seems to miss some bullets. Please do include wordcount in one of the future updates, it is a necessity for me.

Thank you!

Matej

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  Aaron Robinette

  • November 19, 2022 21:45
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  Yesss, feel so silly copy/pasting to word counters all the time. It would be nice if it either counted down from the highest level parent node you check it from, or counted a selection (perhaps by default in the pop-up that appears when you highlight multiple nodes?). 
  
  It would also be nice if you could toggle a little 'always on' display for the word count of a parent node too, so you can see it in realtime. Maybe floating in the corner as there is lots of screenspace real estate to the right of the program?

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  Tim Heymans

  • December 14, 2022 00:25

  Yes! Yes! Yes!
  We need Wordcounts.
  I'm a writer and I need to no know how much I've written.

  Legend app already has this feature.... But unfortunately it doesn't have colored text (for now), which is why I'm sticking with Workflowy.

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  Joseph

  • December 16, 2022 01:18
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  At the top of Workflowy, there is plenty of empty space to add a quick word count for whatever you highlight. 
  
  For example: this photoshop edit I made to demonstrate how it could work:
  

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  William J Maya

  • December 17, 2022 19:09
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  All - I would love an integrated word count function and I made the same request five years ago (see this post).

  In the meantime, I've been using this piece of JavaScript code in a bookmark to display a node word count in a banner message in the browser (I didn't create the code).

  javascript:(function wordCount_1_0(){function countWords(str){return str.split(/\s+/).filter(n=>n.search(/\w/)!==-1).length}function truncate(str,n){return str.length>n?`${str.substring(0,n)}...`:str}const item=WF.focusedItem()||WF.currentItem();const wc=countWords(WF.exportText([item]));WF.showMessage(`${truncate(item.getNameInPlainText(),100)}<br><b>Word count = ${wc}</b>`)})();

  Here is the same code formatted nicely.

  javascript:(
  
  function wordCount_1_0() 
  {
    function countWords(str)
    {
      return str.split(/\s+/).filter(n=>n.search(/\w/)!==-1).length
    }
    
    function truncate(str,n)
    {
      return str.length>n?`${str.substring(0,n)}...`:str
    }
  
    const item=WF.focusedItem()||WF.currentItem();
    const wc=countWords(WF.exportText([item]));
  
    WF.showMessage(`${truncate(item.getNameInPlainText(),100)}<br><b>Word count = ${wc}</b>`)
  }
  )();

  Simply create a new bookmark and place the code in the URL field.

  

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  Matej

  • February 19, 2023 15:38

  Wow, thank you William!

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  Jonathan March

  • February 19, 2023 17:59

  Also, WFx Power Pack includes a convenient word count command

  https://rawbytz.wordpress.com/software/ 

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  S M Batten

  • April 18, 2023 09:11

  Thank you William! It worked for me, and I don't code!

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