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Benefits Of Hiding Columns When Using Datatables.net

In reference to a previous blog post on the implementation of DataTables. This blog post will be about how I hide columns in tables so that other functionalities can be used from DataTables in a different way.

Example 1

Scenario: You have a set of data that needs to be ordered by the date the user confirmed their email address but you do not want to display the date. First, make a table as below and add inline styles for the column (eg 'email_confirmation') that you do not want to show by adding "display:none".

Then in your JS add the below code.

The number points to the column that you are ordering the data by
and you can either use 'desc' for descending or 'asc' for ascending order.

Example 2

Scenario: You need to export a whole DB table either to print it or save it as an excel but you don't want to display all columns on your web page.

First make a table with the inline styles as per the previous example

Then in your JS add the below:

and in your CSS add the below:

Happy Codding!

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Rayne Falkenberg

Rayne is a web developer with experience in PHP web apps and has an interest in project management and mobile development.

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