Lists column hides bug

[TimVervaet]

I teach O365 in my organization and until now 2 people (of more than 100) have had the same bug inside Lists. When we're creating a demo list in My Lists these 2 colleagues have the bug where one or more added columns hide automatically. When we want to show the column, we see it for a second and then immediately it's hidden again. Refreshing doesn't work, even changing the view inside the list setting. Strange but annoying bug 😕

Any ideas?

[#2]

@TimVervaet Hi, I had the same issue and it’s really sad that no one from Microsoft has fixed nor replied to you! 

I got out of my way to register this account. Way to complicated if you just wanna answer someone’s question, if you ask me 🙂 

Anyways, yes it seems to be a simple bug! 

When you scroll down on the bottom left you can actually still access the „classic sharepoint“ view. I guess it’s coded different but there you can also add column. I found my bugged one there, unhide it and re-enter the normal SharePoint view. My column was then visible, allowing me to either use it or delete it and creating a new one. 

Worked for me and I hope the tipp to use the classic sharepoint works for you and others as well. 

Cheers 

[#3]

@IMikeru / @TimVervaet You can also show hidden columns in list view by following below steps:

1. Go to your list.
2. Click on any column name/header, select "Column settings" and then select "Show/hide columns". 
3. Select the columns you want to show in list view & click "Apply". 

If the column is not showing sometimes in list view, it maybe browser caching issue & it is loading older page from cache. In this case try clearing browser cache.

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[#4]

Hi! Thanks for the tip!! I'll try this next time it happens. Glad someone replied 🙂

[#5]

Hi @ganeshsanap. Your tip was my first attempt to fix it, but when I try to unhide the column, it disappears immediately again (like stated in the original question).

[#6]

@TimVervaet There is another way to include the columns in list view. Here are the steps:

1. Go to your SharePoint list
2. Click on "Switch view options" drop down & select "Edit current view". 
3. Select the columns you want to show & click "OK". 

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[#7]

I think I might have used this option too, but I'm not sure. I'll definitely try it next time it occurs. Thanks!

[#8]

@IMikeru 

Thanks a Ton! This worked for me! I was about to Scrap the Entire List and Rebuild. 

[#9]

Did you find a solution for this, Tim? I have the same problem, very annoying.

[#10]

@ganeshsanap Hello, I have tried both ways to edit a list and bug persists 😞

Any other solutions?? I have tried all the usual (signing out/in; refreshing; rebooting).

Please help save my SP site project! Thank you 🙂

[#11]

@LisaAtYardi 

In my case I created a column which was created and removed earlier with the exact same name. The newly created column would disappear every time. When I created a column with a slightly different name, all went fine.

[#12]

I have the opposite problem ... I cannot hide the column I've selected to Group By ... I know I used to be able to do this, but it's not working now ... Any Ideas?