diff -ru a/src/ui_utils.c b/src/ui_utils.c
--- a/src/ui_utils.c	2019-02-23 01:10:38.170947606 +0300
+++ b/src/ui_utils.c	2019-02-23 01:14:20.796094359 +0300
@@ -243,6 +243,23 @@
 						sci_get_lines_selected(doc->editor->sci) - 1);
 				break;
 			}
+			case 'v' : 
+				/* Vertical distance between selection anchor and caret. */
+				g_string_append_printf(stats_str, "%*d", w,
+					abs(sci_get_line_from_position(sci, sci_get_selection_start(sci)) - 
+						sci_get_line_from_position(sci, sci_get_selection_end(sci))));
+				break;
+			case 'h' :
+			{
+				/* Horizontal distance between selection anchor and caret. */
+				gint m = sci_get_main_selection(sci);
+				g_string_append_printf(stats_str, "%*d", w,
+					abs(sci_get_col_from_position(sci, sci_get_selection_n_anchor(sci, m))
+					  + sci_get_selection_n_anchor_virtual_space(sci, m)
+					  - sci_get_col_from_position(sci, sci_get_selection_n_caret(sci, m))
+					  - sci_get_selection_n_caret_virtual_space(sci, m)));
+				break;
+			}
 			case 'n' :
 				g_string_append_printf(stats_str, "%*d", w,
 					sci_get_selected_text_length(doc->editor->sci) - 1);