Can't find a post on this: my status bar used to show (=/<X4) when I had nodes selected with the Shape tool, how many or what kind of nodes they were, on the left end of the bar, in addition to the usual information about the curve in the middle of the bar.
Now I just get the curve info, and nothing about selected nodes. What am I missing? I can't find the Customization click to make it happen.
Are you referring to the Object Details.
If yes, you can click the arrow and select that instead of the Cursor Position.
Aha, now we're getting somewhere: I don't show that arrow. I show: