# Add character count function to the Text feature

**URL:** <https://community.trooptrack.com/t/add-character-count-function-to-the-text-feature/12448>\
**Category:** Ideas\
**Created:** [July 27, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://community.trooptrack.com/t/add-character-count-function-to-the-text-feature/12448 "2022-07-27T01:45:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![AlanJohnston2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@AlanJohnston2](https://community.trooptrack.com/u/AlanJohnston2)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://community.trooptrack.com/t/add-character-count-function-to-the-text-feature/12448/1 "2022-07-27T01:45:03Z")

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Would you please add a character count for texts? That would make it much easier to create text messages. Right now I either guess and keep deleting until it sends or type my message into a word processor to get the character count then copy it into TroopTrack.