From fad162c6c173cc84640ae91dd2b6da5d5a9bc831 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 23:42:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Give selection counter priority in editor footer (#2155)

---
 novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py b/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
index 24fb13e5..65757448 100644
--- a/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
+++ b/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
@@ -1251,7 +1251,8 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QPlainTextEdit):
             self._nwItem.setCharCount(cCount)
             self._nwItem.setWordCount(wCount)
             self._nwItem.setParaCount(pCount)
-            if needsRefresh:
+            if needsRefresh and not self.textCursor().hasSelection():
+                # Selection counter should take precedence (#2155)
                 self._nwItem.notifyToRefresh()
                 self.docFooter.updateWordCount(wCount, False)
         return