diff --git a/src/components/Menu/ActionFormattingHelp.vue b/src/components/Menu/ActionFormattingHelp.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de19b253300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Menu/ActionFormattingHelp.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<!--
+  - @copyright Copyright (c) 2022 Vinicius Reis <vinicius@nextcloud.com>
+  -
+  - @author Vinicius Reis <vinicius@nextcloud.com>
+  -
+  - @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+  -
+  - This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  - it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+  - published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+  - License, or (at your option) any later version.
+  -
+  - This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  - but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+  - GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+  -
+  - You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+  - along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+  -
+  -->
+<template>
+	<NcActionButton close-after-click
+		data-text-action-entry="formatting-help"
+		v-on="$listeners">
+		<template #icon>
+			<Help />
+		</template>
+		{{ t('text', 'Formatting help') }}
+	</NcActionButton>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import { defineComponent } from 'vue'
+import { NcActionButton } from '@nextcloud/vue'
+import { Help } from '../icons.js'
+
+export default defineComponent({
+	name: 'ActionFormattingHelp',
+	components: {
+		NcActionButton,
+		Help,
+	},
+})
+</script>
diff --git a/src/components/Menu/ActionList.vue b/src/components/Menu/ActionList.vue
index 1724047309f..476b8176b7d 100644
--- a/src/components/Menu/ActionList.vue
+++ b/src/components/Menu/ActionList.vue
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 		:aria-label="actionEntry.label"
 		:title="actionEntry.label"
 		:data-text-action-entry="actionEntry.key"
-		:data-text-action-active="activeKey">
+		:data-text-action-active="activeKey"
+		@update:open="onOpenChange">
 		<template #icon>
 			<component :is="icon" :key="iconKey" />
 		</template>
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
 			:action-entry="child"
 			v-on="$listeners"
 			@trigged="onTrigger" />
+		<slot v-bind="{ visible }" name="lastAction" />
 	</NcActions>
 </template>
 
@@ -53,9 +55,15 @@ import { useMenuIDMixin } from './MenuBar.provider.js'
 
 export default {
 	name: 'ActionList',
-	components: { NcActions, ActionSingle },
+	components: {
+		NcActions,
+		ActionSingle,
+	},
 	extends: BaseActionEntry,
 	mixins: [useStore, useOutlineStateMixin, useMenuIDMixin],
+	data: () => ({
+		visible: false,
+	}),
 	computed: {
 		currentChild() {
 			const {
@@ -98,6 +106,9 @@ export default {
 		},
 	},
 	methods: {
+		onOpenChange(val) {
+			this.visible = val
+		},
 		runAction() {
 			// nothing todo
 		},
diff --git a/src/components/Menu/CharacterCount.vue b/src/components/Menu/CharacterCount.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed7eb19c6f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Menu/CharacterCount.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<template>
+	<NcActionText data-text-action-entry="character-count">
+		<template #icon>
+			<AlphabeticalVariant />
+		</template>
+		<template #default>
+			{{ countString }}
+		</template>
+	</NcActionText>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import { defineComponent } from 'vue'
+import { translatePlural as n } from '@nextcloud/l10n'
+import { NcActionText } from '@nextcloud/vue'
+import { AlphabeticalVariant } from '../icons.js'
+import { useEditorMixin } from '../Editor.provider.js'
+
+export default defineComponent({
+	name: 'CharacterCount',
+	components: {
+		AlphabeticalVariant,
+		NcActionText,
+	},
+	mixins: [useEditorMixin],
+	props: {
+		visible: Boolean,
+	},
+	data: () => ({
+		wordCount: 0,
+		charCount: 0,
+	}),
+	computed: {
+		countString() {
+			return `${n('text', '%n word', '%n words', this.wordCount)}, ${n('text', '%n char', '%n chars', this.charCount)}`
+		},
+	},
+	watch: {
+		visible: 'refresh',
+	},
+	created() {
+		this.refresh()
+	},
+	methods: {
+		refresh() {
+			// characterCount is not reactive so we need this workaround
+			this.wordCount = this.$editor.storage.characterCount.words()
+			this.charCount = this.$editor.storage.characterCount.characters()
+		},
+	},
+})
+</script>
diff --git a/src/components/Menu/MenuBar.vue b/src/components/Menu/MenuBar.vue
index 2b985cb217c..85da510ff3f 100644
--- a/src/components/Menu/MenuBar.vue
+++ b/src/components/Menu/MenuBar.vue
@@ -42,8 +42,15 @@
 			:aria-label="t('text', 'Editor actions')">
 			<ActionEntry v-for="actionEntry of visibleEntries"
 				v-bind="{ actionEntry }"
-				:key="`text-action--${actionEntry.key}`"
-				@call:help="showHelp" />
+				:key="`text-action--${actionEntry.key}`" />
+			<ActionList key="text-action--remain"
+				:action-entry="hiddenEntries">
+				<template #lastAction="{ visible }">
+					<ActionFormattingHelp @click="showHelp" />
+					<NcActionSeparator />
+					<CharacterCount v-bind="{ visible }" />
+				</template>
+			</ActionList>
 		</div>
 		<div class="text-menubar__slot">
 			<slot />
@@ -52,12 +59,14 @@
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import { NcActionSeparator } from '@nextcloud/vue'
 import { subscribe, unsubscribe } from '@nextcloud/event-bus'
 import debounce from 'debounce'
 
 import HelpModal from '../HelpModal.vue'
 import actionsFullEntries from './entries.js'
 import ActionEntry from './ActionEntry.js'
+import ActionList from './ActionList.vue'
 import { MENU_ID } from './MenuBar.provider.js'
 import { DotsHorizontal } from '../icons.js'
 import {
@@ -65,10 +74,19 @@ import {
 	useIsRichEditorMixin,
 	useIsRichWorkspaceMixin,
 } from '../Editor.provider.js'
+import ActionFormattingHelp from './ActionFormattingHelp.vue'
+import CharacterCount from './CharacterCount.vue'
 
 export default {
 	name: 'MenuBar',
-	components: { ActionEntry, HelpModal },
+	components: {
+		ActionList,
+		ActionEntry,
+		ActionFormattingHelp,
+		HelpModal,
+		NcActionSeparator,
+		CharacterCount,
+	},
 	mixins: [
 		useEditorMixin,
 		useIsRichEditorMixin,
diff --git a/src/components/icons.js b/src/components/icons.js
index 9c5c72affd8..b7f8beab0ce 100644
--- a/src/components/icons.js
+++ b/src/components/icons.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  *
  */
 
+import MDI_AlphabeticalVariant from 'vue-material-design-icons/AlphabeticalVariant.vue'
 import MDI_Close from 'vue-material-design-icons/Close.vue'
 import MDI_Check from 'vue-material-design-icons/Check.vue'
 import MDI_CodeTags from 'vue-material-design-icons/CodeTags.vue'
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ export const Loading = {
 	},
 }
 
+export const AlphabeticalVariant = makeIcon(MDI_AlphabeticalVariant)
 export const Close = makeIcon(MDI_Close)
 export const Check = makeIcon(MDI_Check)
 export const CodeTags = makeIcon(MDI_CodeTags)