From 362da679b6c95e515442b207fc9e0f4528fe0f9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 01:38:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix minor issue introduced by selection counter update

---
 novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py b/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
index 65757448..c95023d9 100644
--- a/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
+++ b/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
@@ -1251,10 +1251,11 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QPlainTextEdit):
             self._nwItem.setCharCount(cCount)
             self._nwItem.setWordCount(wCount)
             self._nwItem.setParaCount(pCount)
-            if needsRefresh and not self.textCursor().hasSelection():
-                # Selection counter should take precedence (#2155)
+            if needsRefresh:
                 self._nwItem.notifyToRefresh()
-                self.docFooter.updateWordCount(wCount, False)
+                if not self.textCursor().hasSelection():
+                    # Selection counter should take precedence (#2155)
+                    self.docFooter.updateWordCount(wCount, False)
         return
 
     @pyqtSlot()