Don't reposition Org Agenda buffer when starting TODO

Question

When I change the state of a TODO item in Org-Agenda (i.e., by hitting t), it repositions the buffer so that that item is at the top of the screen.

I don't want it to do that — I'd rather just keep the buffer where it is (so I can see the entire day view, for example).

Is this configurable?

Answer 1

This has been fixed as of Org version 8.2.6.

It was changed in this commit:

6ba3b2 2014-03-18 19:54:02
org-agenda.el (org-agenda-todo): Restore the window correctly

* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-todo): Always restore the window
state after `org-agenda-change-all-lines' has been called.

`org-agenda-change-all-lines' is narrowing to the line it needs to
update.  In the narrowed state, `org-agenda-finalize' is called,
which may lead to a change in the way the window is displayed.  We
use `save-window-excursion' to ensure the window state is restored
correctly.

Thanks to Francesco Pizzolante for reporting this with a
detailed recipe.

diff --git a/lisp/org-agenda.el b/lisp/org-agenda.el
index 54529d4..e20a55e 100644
--- a/lisp/org-agenda.el
+++ b/lisp/org-agenda.el
@@ -8792,7 +8792,7 @@ the same tree node, and the headline of ...
    (org-back-to-heading)
    (move-marker org-last-heading-marker (point))))
       (beginning-of-line 1)
-      (save-excursion
+      (save-window-excursion
  (org-agenda-change-all-lines newhead hdmarker 'fixface just-one))
       (when (org-bound-and-true-p org-clock-out-when-done)
          (string-match (concat "^" (regexp-opt org-done-keywords-for-agenda))

If you don't want to update, simply apply the patch above. It's only one line.