diff --git a/src/editor/buffer.rs b/src/editor/buffer.rs
index a5ca6e7..418dd39 100644
--- a/src/editor/buffer.rs
+++ b/src/editor/buffer.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,28 @@
-use std::ops::Range;
+use std::{
+    ops::Range,
+    sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering},
+};
 
 /// Source text and where each line starts, in bytes.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct Buffer {
     text: String,
     starts: Vec<usize>,
+    stamp: u64,
+}
+
+impl PartialEq for Buffer {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        self.text == other.text
+    }
+}
+
+impl Eq for Buffer {}
+
+/// A fresh stamp: no two texts share one.
+fn stamp() -> u64 {
+    static NEXT: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(1);
+    NEXT.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed)
 }
 
 fn starts(text: &str) -> Vec<usize> {
@@ -17,7 +35,16 @@ impl Buffer {
     pub fn new(text: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
         let text = text.into();
         let starts = starts(&text);
-        Self { text, starts }
+        Self {
+            text,
+            starts,
+            stamp: stamp(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Names this text; every edit gives a new one.
+    pub(crate) fn stamp(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.stamp
     }
 
     pub fn text(&self) -> &str {
@@ -107,6 +134,7 @@ impl Buffer {
         );
         self.text.replace_range(range, text);
         self.starts = starts(&self.text);
+        self.stamp = stamp();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/editor/line.rs b/src/editor/line.rs
index 626b834..f0b7d1a 100644
--- a/src/editor/line.rs
+++ b/src/editor/line.rs
@@ -34,11 +34,13 @@ impl CodeEditor {
             span.start < range.end.max(range.start + 1) && range.start < span.end
         };
         let mut spans = self.line_colors(self.row_text(line), cx);
+        // Offsets found in an older text are left out.
+        let fresh = self.frame.stamp == self.buffer.stamp();
         let brackets = self
             .frame
             .brackets
             .iter()
-            .filter(|bracket| range.contains(&bracket.offset));
+            .filter(|bracket| fresh && range.contains(&bracket.offset));
         for bracket in brackets {
             let at = bracket.offset - range.start;
             let color = if self.options.rainbow {
@@ -49,7 +51,12 @@ impl CodeEditor {
             spans.retain(|(span, _)| *span != (at..at + 1));
             spans.push((at..at + 1, color.into()));
         }
-        for span in self.frame.occurrences.iter().filter(|span| touches(span)) {
+        for span in self
+            .frame
+            .occurrences
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|span| fresh && touches(span))
+        {
             spans.push((
                 local(span),
                 HighlightStyle {
@@ -90,7 +97,7 @@ impl CodeEditor {
                 },
             ));
         }
-        if let Some((open, close)) = self.frame.matched {
+        if let Some((open, close)) = self.frame.matched.filter(|_| fresh) {
             for at in [open, close].into_iter().filter(|at| range.contains(at)) {
                 let at = at - range.start;
                 spans.push((
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@ impl CodeEditor {
         (0..indent).step_by(self.options.tab).collect()
     }
 
-    /// Dots for spaces, arrows for tabs; the rest hidden, so marks fall where drawn.
+    /// Dots for spaces, arrows for tabs; other characters hidden.
     fn whitespace(&self, line: usize, cx: &Context<Self>) -> StyledText {
         let text = self.row_text(line);
         let notes = self.notes(line, cx);
@@ -165,7 +172,7 @@ impl CodeEditor {
             advance,
             window,
         );
-        // Text columns at their laid-out place; rulers and guides on the grid.
+        // Text sits where laid out; rulers and guides on the grid.
         let x = |column: usize| advance + measured.x(column);
         let grid = |column: usize| advance * (column + 1) as f32;
         let focused = self.focus.is_focused(window);
diff --git a/src/editor/measure.rs b/src/editor/measure.rs
index cfd7c79..ad6837a 100644
--- a/src/editor/measure.rs
+++ b/src/editor/measure.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! Where a drawn line's columns fall, as gpui lays it out.
+//! Where drawn columns fall, as gpui lays them out.
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use gpui::{Hsla, LineLayout, Pixels, SharedString, TextRun, Window, font};
 
 use super::layout::Shown;
 
-/// A drawn line laid out: wide characters take their own width.
+/// A laid-out line: wide characters keep their own width.
 pub(crate) struct Measured {
     text: SharedString,
     layout: Arc<LineLayout>,
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ impl Measured {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Where drawn column `column` starts; past the end in whole advances.
+    /// Where `column` starts; past the end in whole advances.
     pub fn x(&self, column: usize) -> Pixels {
         match self.text.char_indices().nth(column) {
             Some((at, _)) => self.layout.x_for_index(at),
@@ -68,9 +68,19 @@ impl Measured {
         }
     }
 
-    /// The drawn column whose start is nearest `x`.
+    /// The column whose start lies nearest `x`, line end included.
     pub fn column(&self, x: Pixels) -> usize {
-        let at = self.layout.closest_index_for_x(x).min(self.text.len());
+        let starts = self.layout.runs.iter().flat_map(|run| {
+            run.glyphs
+                .iter()
+                .map(|glyph| (glyph.index, glyph.position.x))
+        });
+        let off = |edge: Pixels| f32::from((edge - x).abs());
+        let at = starts
+            .chain([(self.text.len(), self.layout.width)])
+            .min_by(|a, b| off(a.1).total_cmp(&off(b.1)))
+            .map(|(at, _)| at.min(self.text.len()))
+            .expect("the line end is always a stop");
         self.text[..at].chars().count()
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/editor/tests/wide.rs b/src/editor/tests/wide.rs
index 9fc1b0e..22ada8e 100644
--- a/src/editor/tests/wide.rs
+++ b/src/editor/tests/wide.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use super::editor;
 
 #[gpui::test]
 fn a_wide_character_moves_the_caret_by_its_width(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
-    // The test text system draws "😄" two ems wide, "a" one.
+    // Test text draws "😄" two ems wide, "a" one.
     let (editor, cx) = editor("😄a", cx);
     cx.run_until_parked();
     let x = |utf16: usize, cx: &mut VisualTestContext| {
@@ -24,3 +24,42 @@ fn a_wide_character_moves_the_caret_by_its_width(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
     });
     assert_eq!(at, Some("😄".len()), "a press near its end lands after it");
 }
+
+#[gpui::test]
+fn a_press_on_the_last_character_takes_its_nearer_edge(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    for (text, last) in [("ab", "a".len()), ("测", 0)] {
+        let (editor, cx) = editor(text, cx);
+        cx.run_until_parked();
+        let at = |share: f32, cx: &mut VisualTestContext| {
+            editor.update_in(cx, |editor, window, cx| {
+                let mut x = |utf16: usize| {
+                    let bounds =
+                        editor.bounds_for_range(utf16..utf16, Bounds::default(), window, cx);
+                    bounds.expect("a drawn line").origin.x
+                };
+                let (start, from, to) = (x(0), x(last), x(text.encode_utf16().count()));
+                let left = editor.metrics.left;
+                editor.offset_in(0, left + from - start + (to - from) * share, window, cx)
+            })
+        };
+        assert_eq!(at(0.1, cx), Some(last), "{text}: near its start");
+        assert_eq!(at(0.9, cx), Some(text.len()), "{text}: near its end");
+    }
+}
+
+#[gpui::test]
+fn an_input_method_edit_measures_before_the_next_draw(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    let (editor, cx) = editor("(a)", cx);
+    cx.run_until_parked();
+    editor.update_in(cx, |editor, window, cx| {
+        editor.select([0..0], cx);
+        editor.replace_and_mark_text_in_range(None, "测", None, window, cx);
+        let text = editor.row_text(0).to_string();
+        for (range, _) in editor.styles(0, cx) {
+            let whole = text.is_char_boundary(range.start) && text.is_char_boundary(range.end);
+            assert!(whole, "{range:?} splits a character of {text}");
+        }
+        let bounds = editor.bounds_for_range(1..1, Bounds::default(), window, cx);
+        assert!(bounds.is_some(), "the caret after it is measured");
+    });
+}
diff --git a/src/editor/view.rs b/src/editor/view.rs
index 6af61dd..75e79c2 100644
--- a/src/editor/view.rs
+++ b/src/editor/view.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ pub(crate) struct Frame {
     pub line: Pixels,
     pub matched: Option<(usize, usize)>,
     pub occurrences: Vec<Range<usize>>,
+    /// The buffer stamp these offsets were found in.
+    pub stamp: u64,
     /// The minimap's box, from its last paint.
     pub minimap: Bounds<Pixels>,
 }
@@ -267,6 +269,7 @@ impl Render for CodeEditor {
             line,
             matched,
             occurrences,
+            stamp: self.buffer.stamp(),
             minimap,
         };
         self.metrics.advance = advance;