calculation of selection length

it displays the length of the selected character string to the calculated screen.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

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You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

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// ==UserScript==
// @name        calculation of selection length
// @namespace   http://www.sharkpp.net/
// @version     0.1
// @description it displays the length of the selected character string to the calculated screen.
// @author      sharkpp
// @copyright   2015, sharkpp
// @license     MIT License
// @include     http://*/*
// @include     https://*/*
// ==/UserScript==
(function () {
  // simply i18n load string
  var _ = function(res, key) {
    var browserLang = (window.navigator.userLanguage || window.navigator.language ||
                       window.navigator.browserLanguage).substr(0,2);
    var s = '', l = null, k;
    for (k in res) {
      if (browserLang == k || !l)
        l = k;
    }
    if (undefined != res[l][key]) {
      s = res[l][key];
      for (var i = 2; i < arguments.length; ++i) {
        s = s.replace('%' + (i - 1), '' + arguments[i]);
      }
    }
    return s;
  };
  // get selection string rect
  var getSelectionRect = function() {
    var rect = { left: 0, top: 0, right: 0, bottom: 0 };
    var selAll = document.getSelection();
    var selLen = String(selAll).length;
    if (selLen) {
      var rect_ = selAll.getRangeAt(selAll.rangeCount - 1).getBoundingClientRect();
      rect = { left: rect_.left, top: rect_.top,
               right: rect_.right, bottom: rect_.bottom,
               width: rect_.width, height: rect_.height };
    }
    rect.left  += window.pageXOffset;
    rect.top   += window.pageYOffset;
    rect.right += window.pageXOffset;
    rect.bottom+= window.pageYOffset;
    return selLen ? rect : null;
  };

  // translation string resource
  var t = {
    en: {
          characters: '%1 characters',
        },
    ja: {
          characters: '%1 文字',
        },
  };

  var timerId = null, elmInfo = null;
  // trigger for select change event
  document.addEventListener("selectionchange", function(e){
    if (elmInfo) {
      document.body.removeChild(elmInfo);
      elmInfo = null;
    }
    if (timerId)
      clearTimeout(timerId);
    // 250ms delay for display info
    timerId = setTimeout(function(){
      var rect = getSelectionRect();
      if (rect) {
        var selCount = String(document.getSelection()).length;
        elmInfo = document.createElement('div');
        elmInfo.style.cssText = [
            'position: absolute',
            'left: ' + (rect.right - 16) + 'px',
            'top: ' + rect.bottom + 'px',
            'background-color: #fff',
            'border: 1px solid #666',
            'border-radius: 5px',
            'white-space: nowrap',
            'padding: 0 3px'
          ].join(';');
        elmInfo.appendChild(document.createTextNode(_(t, 'characters', selCount)));
        document.body.appendChild(elmInfo);
      }
    }, 250);
  }, false);
})();