Hi Eric,

Thanks for those, that is very helpful. Unfortunately, as you can see in the attached screenshot from my system, I can't replicate your issue. Could you send me the output of your confirmation, maybe from M-x org-submit-bug-report? By chance, would the file you're activating column view on be part of org-agenda? Based on your description I doubt it, but just wanted to make sure.

Cheers,
Nick

On Tue, May 11, 2021, at 09:45, Eric S Fraga wrote:
> Hi Nicholas,
> 
> On Tuesday, 11 May 2021 at 09:32, Nicholas Savage wrote:
> > When I activate column view on Headline, it applies the columns on all
> > of the subheadings. Are you not seeing the same thing, or is your use
> > case different? Do you have some sort of minimal file you could
> > provide to show the bug?
> 
> If point is on the first (top-level) headline, I only get the column
> view for that headline and not the subheadings.
> 
> Attached is a small(-ish) file along with a screenshot of what I get.
> 
> The org file consists of the first three papers in a bibliography I have
> (which has hundreds of entries).
> 
> If you are seeing something different, maybe I have some setting that is
> causing problems although I cannot imagine what that would be. Advice
> would be welcome!
> 
> Thank you,
> eric
> 
> -- 
> : Eric S Fraga via Emacs 28.0.50, Org release_9.4.5-534-g8f03cd
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> * screendump-20210511144322.png
> * bug.org