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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 #)

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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.

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    Your use of expand in the middle of the :normal / doesn’t look quite right. FWIW I would write nnoremap <leader>l * or nnoremap <leader>l /\<<C-r><C-w>\><Enter>
    – D. Ben Knoble
    Feb 7 at 13:06
  • Thanks for catching.
    – dza
    Feb 7 at 16:24
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    @D.BenKnoble the macros you provided cause the screen to jump if there are other occurrences of the word, which I'm trying to avoid. Feb 7 at 23:39
  • @reject-cookies tried to put this in place of setting let @/ ?
    – dza
    Feb 8 at 0:45
  • @dza I tried this but it doesn't do anything nnoremap <silent> <leader>l :<c-u>:normal /expand('<cword>')/^M:set hlsearch<CR>wb Feb 8 at 14:48

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