diff --git a/src/display_buffer.hh b/src/display_buffer.hh
index f366bda9..b992654a 100644
--- a/src/display_buffer.hh
+++ b/src/display_buffer.hh
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ public:
         return m_type == BufferRange or m_type == ReplacedBufferRange;
     }
 
+    const Buffer& buffer() const { kak_assert(m_buffer); return *m_buffer; }
+
     Type type() const { return m_type; }
 
     void trim_begin(CharCount count);
diff --git a/src/window.cc b/src/window.cc
index 6cc1a4dd..9762f634 100644
--- a/src/window.cc
+++ b/src/window.cc
@@ -129,12 +129,26 @@ static CharCount adapt_view_pos(const DisplayBuffer& display_buffer,
             {
                 if (atom.begin() <= pos and atom.end() > pos)
                 {
-                    if (buffer_column < view_pos)
-                        return buffer_column;
+                    CharCount pos_beg, pos_end;
+                    if (atom.type() == DisplayAtom::BufferRange)
+                    {
+                        auto& buf = atom.buffer();
+                        pos_beg = buffer_column
+                                + utf8::distance(buf.iterator_at(atom.begin()),
+                                                 buf.iterator_at(pos));
+                        pos_end = pos_beg+1;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        pos_beg = buffer_column;
+                        pos_end = pos_beg + atom.length();
+                    }
 
-                    auto last_column = buffer_column + atom.length();
-                    if (last_column >= view_pos + view_size - non_buffer_column)
-                        return last_column - view_size + non_buffer_column;
+                    if (pos_beg < view_pos)
+                        return pos_beg;
+
+                    if (pos_end >= view_pos + view_size - non_buffer_column)
+                        return pos_end - view_size + non_buffer_column;
                 }
                 buffer_column += atom.length();
             }