Display pattern count when highlighting searched pattern

Question

Running Neovim 0.9, I have this mapping:

nnoremap <silent> <leader>l :<c-u>let @/ = '\<'.expand('<cword>').'\>'\|set hlsearch<CR>wb

which is a shortcut to highlight search the whole word under cursor. The problem is that it doesn't display the matched pattern count (the e.g. [5/20] count at the bottom right of the window). How can I trigger this mapping to also display the count? Or how can I implement a different mapping that highlights the current word under cursor without causing the screen to jump (e.g. not with * or #)

Answer 1

https://neovim.io/doc/user/options.html#'shortmess'

set shortmess-=S

If 'S' is present you won't get this message, but I suggest using :normal instead of let @/ = to achieve what you want instead of setting the register, which I tested it will not trigger the message.

:nnoremap <leader>l :set hlsearch<CR>/<C-R>=expand('<cword>')<CR><CR>

Add the ^M-character (CR, carriage return) by pressing CTRL+V+Enter, it will not work if you simply type ^M caret-m.

Also check out https://github.com/obcat/vim-hitspop I think its a good fit for a popup, since normally this message is limited to 99 matches.