Yes, there is.

Next to the button to execute the query is a drop down to execute count() on the query and also explain() - both very useful without leaving the tab.

Whoops, I retract that 2nd most upvoted clause. I was fooled by the default sorting of ideas, my bad.

Could you explain that? Are you suggesting I use an intellishell command to get the count?

That does not seem like a very useful option...rather than look at the bottom of the window, the 'workaround' is to open a different tab, copy-paste, edit the query to a 'count' from a 'find,' then run that, look at the number, then go back and compare to the # of results shown?

Is there another count option I am missing?

If not, I understand the concern that super large collections are hampered by the counting, but I think adding a configurable option to not count/not is a reasonable option. As this is currently tied for the 2nd most upvoted idea, it seems like many people are in the same boat.

@Plamen
Yes, that is precisely the reason why we removed this "feature"

I would disagree. You can use the count() option.

Our collections have 400 000 000 documents. Scanning and counting them takes hours.

This could be added only as a configurable option.