diff --git a/tests/golden/pr2614.tsv b/tests/golden/pr2614.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..296d65103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/golden/pr2614.tsv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+A
+1
+2
+3
diff --git a/tests/pr2614.vdj b/tests/pr2614.vdj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..394ebdf51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pr2614.vdj
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!vd -p
+{"sheet": null, "col": null, "row": null, "longname": "open-file", "input": "tests/data1.tsv", "keystrokes": "o", "comment": null, "replayable": true}
+{"sheet": "data1", "col": "Key", "row": "", "longname": "hide-col", "input": "", "keystrokes": "-", "comment": "hide the current column", "replayable": true}
+{"sheet": "data1", "col": "A", "row": "", "longname": "hide-col", "input": "", "keystrokes": "-", "comment": "hide the current column", "replayable": true}
+{"sheet": "data1", "col": "B", "row": "", "longname": "hide-col", "input": "", "keystrokes": "-", "comment": "hide the current column", "replayable": true}
+{"sheet": "data1", "col": 0, "row": "", "longname": "addcol-incr", "input": "", "keystrokes": "i", "comment": "add column with incremental values", "replayable": true}
diff --git a/visidata/sheets.py b/visidata/sheets.py
index 782f68bf5..daa9fe351 100644
--- a/visidata/sheets.py
+++ b/visidata/sheets.py
@@ -576,7 +576,10 @@ def addColumnAtCursor(self, *cols):
         index = 0
         ccol = self.cursorCol
         if ccol and not ccol.keycol:
-            index = self.columns.index(ccol)+1
+            try:
+                index = self.columns.index(ccol)+1
+            except ValueError: # when all columns are hidden, the one column shown is not in self.columns
+                index = 0
 
         self.addColumn(*cols, index=index)
         firstnewcol = [c for c in cols if not c.hidden][0]