Character Position

Character Position is a lightweight plugin made to help Notepad++ users learn the current position of the mouse cursor while working in text documents.

You can use it to count all characters within a text document (including whitespace), from the beginning to the pointer's current position.

It's quite easy to get the extension up and running, since there is no actual installation involved and it doesn't depend on other software.

It comes down to extracting the .dll file from the downloaded archive and copying it to the "plugins" folder of Notepad++. This can be done whether you have an installer or portable edition available.

If Notepad++ was already running at the time of the .dll copy, make sure to restart it to view the new entry in the "Plugins" menu.

The whole idea behind Character Position is quite simple. If you click somewhere inside the currently opened document and summon the plugin, it will display a message with a number that represents its position.

How it works is that it counts all characters from the start of the doc and up until the pointer. To make it clear, you should know that the count begins with 0, when the cursor is set before the first character, so the last character included in the sum is the one on the left of the pointer.

The goal of this Notepad++ plugin is to act as a character counter. However, it's not particularly practical, since you cannot change the starting position.

For example, if you use the text editor's built-in counter, it's capable of showing the total of all characters within any text you select. Nevertheless, you can test Character Position for yourself to see what it's made of.