diff --git a/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json b/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json
index 283711567..b168d3019 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json
+++ b/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json
@@ -2156,8 +2156,9 @@
   "status_bar": {
     "language_title": "Change the language of the entire content",
     "note_info_title": "View information about this note such as the creation/modification date or the note size.",
-    "backlinks": "{{count}}",
     "backlinks_title_one": "This note is linked from {{count}} other note.\n\nClick to view the list of backlinks.",
-    "backlinks_title_other": "This note is linked from {{count}} other notes.\n\nClick to view the list of backlinks."
+    "backlinks_title_other": "This note is linked from {{count}} other notes.\n\nClick to view the list of backlinks.",
+    "attachments_title_one": "This note has {{count}} attachment. Click to open the list of attachments in a new tab.",
+    "attachments_title_other": "This note has {{count}} attachments. Click to open the list of attachments in a new tab."
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/StatusBar.css b/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/StatusBar.css
index 688d8904d..094e2d3b8 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/StatusBar.css
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/StatusBar.css
@@ -15,27 +15,29 @@
         padding: 0.1em;
         display: flex;
         gap: 0.1em;
+        font-size: 0.85em;
 
-        .status-bar-dropdown-button {
-            background: transparent;
+        .btn {
             padding: 0 0.5em !important;
+            background: transparent;
             display: flex;
             align-items: center;
-
-            &:after {
-                content: unset;
-            }
+            border: 0;
 
             &:focus,
             &:hover {
                 background: var(--input-background-color);
             }
         }
+
+        .status-bar-dropdown-button {
+            &:after {
+                content: unset;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     .dropdown {
-        font-size: 0.85em;
-
         .dropdown-toggle {
             padding: 0.1em 0.25em;
         }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/StatusBar.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/StatusBar.tsx
index 6279629a4..9be622371 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/StatusBar.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/StatusBar.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Locale } from "@triliumnext/commons";
 import clsx from "clsx";
 import { type ComponentChildren } from "preact";
 import { createPortal } from "preact/compat";
-import { useState } from "preact/hooks";
+import { useContext, useRef, useState } from "preact/hooks";
 
 import NoteContext from "../../components/note_context";
 import FNote from "../../entities/fnote";
@@ -15,12 +15,17 @@ import { formatDateTime } from "../../utils/formatters";
 import { BacklinksList, useBacklinkCount } from "../FloatingButtonsDefinitions";
 import Dropdown, { DropdownProps } from "../react/Dropdown";
 import { FormDropdownDivider, FormListItem } from "../react/FormList";
-import { useActiveNoteContext } from "../react/hooks";
+import { useActiveNoteContext, useStaticTooltip, useTooltip } from "../react/hooks";
 import Icon from "../react/Icon";
 import { ContentLanguagesModal, useLanguageSwitcher } from "../ribbon/BasicPropertiesTab";
 import { NoteSizeWidget, useNoteMetadata } from "../ribbon/NoteInfoTab";
 import { useProcessedLocales } from "../type_widgets/options/components/LocaleSelector";
 import Breadcrumb from "./Breadcrumb";
+import { useAttachments } from "../type_widgets/Attachment";
+import ActionButton from "../react/ActionButton";
+import Button from "../react/Button";
+import { CommandNames } from "../../components/app_context";
+import { ParentComponent } from "../react/react_utils";
 
 interface StatusBarContext {
     note: FNote;
@@ -40,6 +45,7 @@ export default function StatusBar() {
                 </div>
 
                 <div className="actions-row">
+                    <AttachmentCount {...context} />
                     <BacklinksBadge {...context} />
                     <LanguageSwitcher {...context} />
                     <NoteInfoBadge {...context} />
@@ -75,6 +81,35 @@ function StatusBarDropdown({ children, icon, text, buttonClassName, titleOptions
     );
 }
 
+function StatusBarButton({ className, icon, text, title, triggerCommand }: {
+    className?: string;
+    icon: string;
+    title: string;
+    text?: string | number;
+    disabled?: boolean;
+    triggerCommand: CommandNames;
+}) {
+    const parentComponent = useContext(ParentComponent);
+    const buttonRef = useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null);
+    useStaticTooltip(buttonRef, {
+        placement: "top",
+        fallbackPlacements: [ "top" ],
+        popperConfig: { strategy: "fixed" },
+        title
+    });
+
+    return (
+        <button
+            ref={buttonRef}
+            className={clsx("btn select-button", className)}
+            type="button"
+            onClick={() => parentComponent?.triggerCommand(triggerCommand)}
+        >
+            <Icon icon={icon} />&nbsp;{text}
+        </button>
+    );
+}
+
 //#region Language Switcher
 function LanguageSwitcher({ note }: StatusBarContext) {
     const [ modalShown, setModalShown ] = useState(false);
@@ -166,7 +201,7 @@ function BacklinksBadge({ note, viewScope }: StatusBarContext) {
         <StatusBarDropdown
             className="backlinks-badge backlinks-widget"
             icon="bx bx-revision"
-            text={t("status_bar.backlinks", { count })}
+            text={count}
             title={t("status_bar.backlinks_title", { count })}
             dropdownContainerClassName="backlinks-items"
         >
@@ -175,3 +210,20 @@ function BacklinksBadge({ note, viewScope }: StatusBarContext) {
     );
 }
 //#endregion
+
+//#region Attachment count
+function AttachmentCount({ note }: StatusBarContext) {
+    const attachments = useAttachments(note);
+    const count = attachments.length;
+
+    return (note && count > 0 &&
+        <StatusBarButton
+            className="attachment-count"
+            icon="bx bx-paperclip"
+            text={count}
+            title={t("status_bar.attachments_title", { count })}
+            triggerCommand="showAttachments"
+        />
+    );
+}
+//#endregion
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/Attachment.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/Attachment.tsx
index 3fdc60e93..bef480c6f 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/Attachment.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/Attachment.tsx
@@ -26,24 +26,13 @@ import ws from "../../services/ws";
 import appContext from "../../components/app_context";
 import { ConvertAttachmentToNoteResponse } from "@triliumnext/commons";
 import options from "../../services/options";
+import FNote from "../../entities/fnote";
 
 /**
  * Displays the full list of attachments of a note and allows the user to interact with them.
  */
 export function AttachmentList({ note }: TypeWidgetProps) {
-    const [ attachments, setAttachments ] = useState<FAttachment[]>([]);
-
-    function refresh() {
-        note.getAttachments().then(attachments => setAttachments(Array.from(attachments)));
-    }
-
-    useEffect(refresh, [ note ]);
-
-    useTriliumEvent("entitiesReloaded", ({ loadResults }) => {
-        if (loadResults.getAttachmentRows().some((att) => att.attachmentId && att.ownerId === note.noteId)) {
-            refresh();
-        }
-    });
+    const attachments = useAttachments(note);
 
     return (
         <>
@@ -59,7 +48,25 @@ export function AttachmentList({ note }: TypeWidgetProps) {
                 )}
             </div>
         </>
-    )
+    );
+}
+
+export function useAttachments(note: FNote) {
+    const [ attachments, setAttachments ] = useState<FAttachment[]>([]);
+
+    function refresh() {
+        note.getAttachments().then(attachments => setAttachments(Array.from(attachments)));
+    }
+
+    useEffect(refresh, [ note ]);
+
+    useTriliumEvent("entitiesReloaded", ({ loadResults }) => {
+        if (loadResults.getAttachmentRows().some((att) => att.attachmentId && att.ownerId === note.noteId)) {
+            refresh();
+        }
+    });
+
+    return attachments;
 }
 
 function AttachmentListHeader({ noteId }: { noteId: string }) {