0. Make /tmp/tmp.org containing * TODO foo bar
1. emacs -Q 2. Eval (setq org-agenda-custom-commands '(("n" "n" alltodo "" ((org-agenda-overriding-columns-format "%TODO"))))) 3. Eval (setq org-agenda-files '("/tmp/tmp.org")) 4. M-x org-agenda RET n 5. Move point to item 6. C-c C-x C-c (column view) 7. g Expected: Column format is preserved Actual: Column format is reset (The example uses the version of Org shipped with Emacs, but I can reproduce with my personal config using latest org-contrib-plus) Emacs : GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.30) of 2018-07-05 Package: Org mode version 9.2.1 (9.2.1-2-gc6d37c-elpaplus @ /home/ionasal/.emacs.d/elpa/org-plus-contrib-20190204/)