Bug 498215 - Show character count when composing SMS
Summary: Show character count when composing SMS
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kdeconnect
Classification: Applications
Component: messaging-application (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 24.12.0
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Simon Redman
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Reported: 2025-01-03 17:55 UTC by John Veness
Modified: 2025-07-22 21:02 UTC (History)
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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.