Bug 498215

Summary:	Show character count when composing SMS
Product:	[Applications] kdeconnect	Reporter:	John Veness <john.kde>
Component:	messaging-application	Assignee:	Simon Redman <simon>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	24.12.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description John Veness 2025-01-03 17:55:57 UTC

SUMMARY
Feature request: Show character count when composing an SMS message

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open an SMS conversation
2. Start typing

OBSERVED RESULT
No character count indication.

EXPECTED RESULT
A character count indication of some sort (my phone SMS app shows a number of characters counting *down* from 160, and a number of messages that will be used counting *up* from 1).

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250102
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.9.0
Qt Version: 6.8.1
Kernel Version: 6.12.6-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz
Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 620
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: HP ProBook 450 G4

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I realise many/most people have unlimited "free" SMS messages, but others pay per individual 160-char message, so need to keep an eye on this while composing. Thanks for reading!

Comment 1 Simon Redman 2025-07-22 21:02:51 UTC

This was implemented quite awhile ago. I don't precisely remember, at least a couple of years. It only shows after exceeding the length of one SMS.