On 2026-06-04 03:41, Slawomir Grochowski wrote: > There is already a column-view-specific way to leave the view when point > is on a column overlay: `q'.
I agree, and depending on the point you can do something like ‘C-c C-p q’ or ‘C-c C-n q’ to navigate to a heading overlay and quit. > For the regular column-view key, I think `C-c C-x C-c' would be a > better toggle: it currently starts column view, so it could also > leave it when column view is active. That would let `C-c C-c' keep > its usual Org meaning, while making the column-view command itself > responsible for entering and leaving column view. > > The only downside I can see is that users who currently use `C-c C-x > C-c' repeatedly to move column view between different local > `COLUMNS' scopes might need one extra key press: first leave the > current column view, then start it in the new location. That’s true, or if they use ‘C-c C-x C-c’ to update the overlays, e.g. if they edited a property while column view is active. Best, -- Jacob S. Gordon [email protected] Please don’t send me HTML emails or MS Office/Apple iWork documents. https://useplaintext.email/#etiquette https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument
