diff --git a/locales/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo b/locales/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo
index 3e103b8..e45edb1 100644
Binary files a/locales/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo and b/locales/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo differ
diff --git a/locales/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po b/locales/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
index f2b7a74..2beea34 100644
--- a/locales/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
+++ b/locales/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: RavenLog\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-01-22 18:59+0100\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2023-01-22 19:04+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-01-28 18:49+0100\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2023-01-28 18:50+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: \n"
 "Language-Team: \n"
 "Language: de\n"
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ msgstr "Ordner:"
 msgid "Filter:"
 msgstr "Filter:"
 
-#: src/plugins/filesbrowser/filesbrowserwidget.py:73
+#: src/plugins/filesbrowser/filesbrowserwidget.py:75
 msgid "Open Directory"
 msgstr "Ordner öffnen"
 
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ msgid "Log file viewer"
 msgstr "Betrachter für Logdateien"
 
 #: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:63
-msgid "(c) 2022 Andreas Huber"
-msgstr "(c) 2022 Andreas Huber"
+msgid "(c) 2022-2023 Andreas Huber"
+msgstr "(c) 2022-2023 Andreas Huber"
 
 #: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:64
 msgid "License: LGPL v3"
@@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ msgstr "Schreibe in Datei"
 msgid "Save File"
 msgstr "Speichere Datei"
 
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:459
+msgid "selected {0} - {1:,.0f}:{2:,.0f}"
+msgstr "selektiert {0} - {1:,.0f}:{2:,.0f}"
+
 #: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:20
 msgid "Manage Highlighting"
 msgstr "Hervorhebungen Verwalten"
@@ -242,91 +246,91 @@ msgstr "Hoch"
 msgid "Down"
 msgstr "Runter"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:143
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:151
 msgid "Hit Background:"
 msgstr "Trefferhintergrund:"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:145
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:155
 msgid "Hit Background"
 msgstr "Trefferhintergrund"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:150
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:161
 msgid "Ignore Case"
 msgstr "Groß-/Kleinschreibung ignorieren"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:156
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:168
 msgid "Line Background:"
 msgstr "Zeilenhintergrund:"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:158
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:172
 msgid "Line Background"
 msgstr "Zeilenhintergrund"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:163
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:178
 msgid "Regular Expression"
 msgstr "Regulärer Ausdruck"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:20
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:19
 msgid "Strawberry Cream"
 msgstr "Strawberry Cream"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:21
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:20
 msgid "Pale Crimson"
 msgstr "Pale Crimson"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:23
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:22
 msgid "Broken Buttercup"
 msgstr "Broken Buttercup"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:24
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:23
 msgid "Passion Fruit Sugar"
 msgstr "Passion Fruit Sugar"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:26
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:25
 msgid "Sunrise Yellow"
 msgstr "Sonnenaufganggelb"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:27
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:26
 msgid "Magical Mustard"
 msgstr "Magischer Senf"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:29
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:28
 msgid "Trendy Green"
 msgstr "Trendiges Grün"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:30
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:29
 msgid "Garden Of Sweden"
 msgstr "Garten von Schweden"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:32
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:31
 msgid "Light Sky Blue"
 msgstr "Helles Himmelsblau"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:33
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:32
 msgid "True Blue"
 msgstr "Echtes Blau"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:35
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:34
 msgid "Fairy Topia"
 msgstr "Fairy Topia"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:36
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:35
 msgid "Magenta Bachiego"
 msgstr "Magenta Bachiego"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:38
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:37
 msgid "Breeze of Mist"
 msgstr "Nebelbriese"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:39
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:38
 msgid "Light Grey"
 msgstr "Helles Grau"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:40
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:39
 msgid "Grey"
 msgstr "Grau"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:46
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:45
 msgid "transparent"
 msgstr "Transparent"
 
diff --git a/locales/messages.pot b/locales/messages.pot
index edb514b..98f5727 100644
--- a/locales/messages.pot
+++ b/locales/messages.pot
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-01-22 18:59+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-01-28 18:49+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Filter:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/plugins/filesbrowser/filesbrowserwidget.py:73
+#: src/plugins/filesbrowser/filesbrowserwidget.py:75
 msgid "Open Directory"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ msgid "Log file viewer"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:63
-msgid "(c) 2022 Andreas Huber"
+msgid "(c) 2022-2023 Andreas Huber"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:64
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Save File"
 msgstr ""
 
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:459
+msgid "selected {0} - {1:,.0f}:{2:,.0f}"
+msgstr ""
+
 #: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:20
 msgid "Manage Highlighting"
 msgstr ""
@@ -236,91 +240,91 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Down"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:143
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:151
 msgid "Hit Background:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:145
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:155
 msgid "Hit Background"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:150
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:161
 msgid "Ignore Case"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:156
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:168
 msgid "Line Background:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:158
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:172
 msgid "Line Background"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:163
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:178
 msgid "Regular Expression"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:20
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:19
 msgid "Strawberry Cream"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:21
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:20
 msgid "Pale Crimson"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:23
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:22
 msgid "Broken Buttercup"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:24
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:23
 msgid "Passion Fruit Sugar"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:26
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:25
 msgid "Sunrise Yellow"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:27
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:26
 msgid "Magical Mustard"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:29
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:28
 msgid "Trendy Green"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:30
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:29
 msgid "Garden Of Sweden"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:32
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:31
 msgid "Light Sky Blue"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:33
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:32
 msgid "True Blue"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:35
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:34
 msgid "Fairy Topia"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:36
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:35
 msgid "Magenta Bachiego"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:38
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:37
 msgid "Breeze of Mist"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:39
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:38
 msgid "Light Grey"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:40
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:39
 msgid "Grey"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:46
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:45
 msgid "transparent"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py b/src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py
index b85c736..e9b7b80 100644
--- a/src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py
+++ b/src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py
@@ -442,6 +442,9 @@ class InnerBigText(QWidget):
     def _update_highlight_selected_text(self):
         start_byte = min(self.selection_highlight.start_byte, self.selection_highlight.end_byte)
         end_byte = max(self.selection_highlight.start_byte, self.selection_highlight.end_byte)
+
+        self._update_status_bar(start_byte, end_byte)
+
         if abs(start_byte - end_byte) < 1024:
             query = self.model.read_range(start_byte, end_byte)
             if query.find("\n") < 0:
@@ -450,6 +453,12 @@ class InnerBigText(QWidget):
 
         self.highlight_selected_text.set_query("")
 
+    def _update_status_bar(self, start_byte: int, end_byte: int):
+        bytes_human_readable = humanbytes(end_byte - start_byte)
+        PluginRegistry.execute("update_status_bar",
+                               _("selected {0} - {1:,.0f}:{2:,.0f}").format(bytes_human_readable, start_byte,
+                                                                            end_byte - 1))
+
     def _file_changed(self):
         if self._follow_tail:
             self.scroll_to_byte(self.model.byte_count())