diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/_extui/cmdline.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/_extui/cmdline.lua
index 23f6be0872..7272e3032f 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/_extui/cmdline.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/_extui/cmdline.lua
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ local function win_config(win, hide, height)
   end
 end
 
+local cmdbuff ---@type string Stored cmdline used to calculate translation offset.
 local promptlen = 0 -- Current length of the prompt, stored for use in "cmdline_pos"
 --- Concatenate content chunks and set the text for the current row in the cmdline buffer.
 ---
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ local function set_text(content, prompt)
   for _, chunk in ipairs(content) do
     prompt = prompt .. chunk[2]
   end
-  api.nvim_buf_set_lines(ext.bufs.cmd, M.row, -1, false, { prompt .. ' ' })
+  cmdbuff = prompt
+  api.nvim_buf_set_lines(ext.bufs.cmd, M.row, -1, false, { fn.strtrans(cmdbuff) .. ' ' })
 end
 
 --- Set the cmdline buffer text and cursor position.
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ local curpos = { 0, 0 } -- Last drawn cursor position.
 ---@param pos integer
 --@param level integer
 function M.cmdline_pos(pos)
+  pos = #fn.strtrans(cmdbuff:sub(1, pos + 1)) - 1
   if curpos[1] ~= M.row + 1 or curpos[2] ~= promptlen + pos then
     curpos[1], curpos[2] = M.row + 1, promptlen + pos
     -- Add matchparen highlighting to non-prompt part of cmdline.
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/_extui/messages.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/_extui/messages.lua
index e994096950..1d587827aa 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/_extui/messages.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/_extui/messages.lua
@@ -311,14 +311,10 @@ local replace_bufwrite = false
 ---@alias MsgContent MsgChunk[]
 ---@param content MsgContent
 function M.msg_show(kind, content)
-  if kind == 'search_cmd' then
-    -- Set the entered search command in the cmdline.
-    api.nvim_buf_set_lines(ext.bufs.cmd, 0, -1, false, { content[1][2] })
-    M.virt.msg = ext.cfg.msg.pos == 'cmd' and { {}, {} } or M.virt.msg
-    M.prev_msg = ext.cfg.msg.pos == 'cmd' and '' or M.prev_msg
-  elseif kind == 'search_count' then
+  if kind == 'search_count' then
     -- Extract only the search_count, not the entered search command.
     -- Match any of search.c:cmdline_search_stat():' [(x | >x | ?)/(y | >y | ??)]'
+    content = { content[#content] }
     content[1][2] = content[1][2]:match('W? %[>?%d*%??/>?%d*%?*%]') .. '  '
     M.virt.last[M.virt.idx.search] = content
     M.virt.last[M.virt.idx.cmd] = { { 0, (' '):rep(11) } }
@@ -336,7 +332,8 @@ function M.msg_show(kind, content)
     M.show_msg('prompt', content, true)
     M.set_pos('prompt')
   else
-    local tar = ext.cfg.msg.pos
+    -- Set the entered search command in the cmdline.
+    local tar = kind == 'search_cmd' and 'cmd' or ext.cfg.msg.pos
     if tar == 'cmd' then
       if ext.cmd.level > 0 then
         return -- Do not overwrite an active cmdline.
@@ -352,6 +349,8 @@ function M.msg_show(kind, content)
     M.show_msg(tar, content, replace_bufwrite, more)
     -- Replace message for every second bufwrite message.
     replace_bufwrite = not replace_bufwrite and kind == 'bufwrite'
+    -- Don't remember search_cmd message as actual mesage.
+    M.prev_msg = kind == 'search_cmd' and '' or M.prev_msg
   end
 end