What Word Count does
The underlying count result includes words, characters, characters without spaces, and non-empty lines. The Actions page also lets you enable Character Count separately.
How to use it
- Open ActionClip Settings and enable Word Count under Auto Suggestions.
- Select text in any supported Mac app.
- Read the count shown in the ActionClip widget.
Example
ActionClip makes selected text useful.
Words: 6 Characters: 38 Non-empty lines: 1
Settings
Open the action's settings from:
ActionClip Settings → Actions → Auto Suggestions
Word Count
Show the number of selected words in the widget.
Character Count
A separate Auto Suggestions toggle can show the number of selected characters.
Changes are saved automatically.
You can also replace this action's icon from ActionClip → Actions. See change an action icon.
When ActionClip suggests it
Word Count is a dedicated Auto Suggestions item. Enable it when you want selection counts visible; it is not promoted by a content detector.
Enabled actions remain available in your Actions list even when Smart Suggestions do not promote them for the current selection.
Requirements and privacy
- Works locally and does not require Online Actions.
- Counts are calculated on your Mac.
- Very large selections may skip some expensive text analysis for performance.
