This example shows how you can make use of the column().visible()DT
API method to dynamically show and
hide columns in a table. Also included here is scrolling, just to show it enabled with this API method,
although that is not required for the API function to work.
In addition to this, groups of columns can be shown and hidden at the same time using the columns()DT
method to select multiple columns and then
using the columns().visible()DT
method to set their state.
If you are looking for a more complete column visibility interaction controls ColVis for DataTables provides a complete interface for allowing the user to show and hide columns in the table.
Airi Satou | Accountant | Tokyo | 33 | 2008/11/28 | $162,700 |
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2009/10/09 | $1,200,000 |
Ashton Cox | Junior Technical Author | San Francisco | 66 | 2009/01/12 | $86,000 |
Bradley Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | 2012/10/13 | $132,000 |
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2011/06/07 | $206,850 |
Brielle Williamson | Integration Specialist | New York | 61 | 2012/12/02 | $372,000 |
Bruno Nash | Software Engineer | London | 38 | 2011/05/03 | $163,500 |
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2011/12/12 | $106,450 |
Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2011/12/06 | $145,600 |
Cedric Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | 2012/03/29 | $433,060 |
Charde Marshall | Regional Director | San Francisco | 36 | 2008/10/16 | $470,600 |
Colleen Hurst | Javascript Developer | San Francisco | 39 | 2009/09/15 | $205,500 |
Dai Rios | Personnel Lead | Edinburgh | 35 | 2012/09/26 | $217,500 |
Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2011/01/25 | $112,000 |
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | Sidney | 23 | 2010/09/20 | $85,600 |
Finn Camacho | Support Engineer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/07/07 | $87,500 |
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | San Francisco | 48 | 2010/03/11 | $850,000 |
Garrett Winters | Accountant | Tokyo | 63 | 2011/07/25 | $170,750 |
Gavin Cortez | Team Leader | San Francisco | 22 | 2008/10/26 | $235,500 |
Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2010/12/22 | $92,575 |
Gloria Little | Systems Administrator | New York | 59 | 2009/04/10 | $237,500 |
Haley Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 43 | 2012/12/18 | $313,500 |
Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2011/03/21 | $356,250 |
Herrod Chandler | Sales Assistant | San Francisco | 59 | 2012/08/06 | $137,500 |
Hope Fuentes | Secretary | San Francisco | 41 | 2010/02/12 | $109,850 |
Howard Hatfield | Office Manager | San Francisco | 51 | 2008/12/16 | $164,500 |
Jackson Bradshaw | Director | New York | 65 | 2008/09/26 | $645,750 |
Jena Gaines | Office Manager | London | 30 | 2008/12/19 | $90,560 |
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | New York | 30 | 2011/09/03 | $345,000 |
Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2013/02/01 | $75,650 |
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | Singapore | 28 | 2010/11/14 | $357,650 |
Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2010/07/14 | $86,500 |
Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2009/02/27 | $103,500 |
Martena Mccray | Post-Sales support | Edinburgh | 46 | 2011/03/09 | $324,050 |
Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2011/06/27 | $183,000 |
Michael Silva | Marketing Designer | London | 66 | 2012/11/27 | $198,500 |
Michelle House | Integration Specialist | Sidney | 37 | 2011/06/02 | $95,400 |
Olivia Liang | Support Engineer | Singapore | 64 | 2011/02/03 | $234,500 |
Paul Byrd | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | New York | 64 | 2010/06/09 | $725,000 |
Prescott Bartlett | Technical Author | London | 27 | 2011/05/07 | $145,000 |
Quinn Flynn | Support Lead | Edinburgh | 22 | 2013/03/03 | $342,000 |
Rhona Davidson | Integration Specialist | Tokyo | 55 | 2010/10/14 | $327,900 |
Sakura Yamamoto | Support Engineer | Tokyo | 37 | 2009/08/19 | $139,575 |
Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | Singapore | 64 | 2012/04/09 | $138,575 |
Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2008/11/13 | $183,000 |
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | Tokyo | 20 | 2011/08/14 | $163,000 |
Sonya Frost | Software Engineer | Edinburgh | 23 | 2008/12/13 | $103,600 |
Suki Burks | Developer | London | 53 | 2009/10/22 | $114,500 |
Tatyana Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | London | 19 | 2010/03/17 | $385,750 |
Thor Walton | Developer | New York | 61 | 2013/08/11 | $98,540 |
Tiger Nixon | System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2011/04/25 | $320,800 |
Timothy Mooney | Office Manager | London | 37 | 2008/12/11 | $136,200 |
Unity Butler | Marketing Designer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/12/09 | $85,675 |
Vivian Harrell | Financial Controller | San Francisco | 62 | 2009/02/14 | $452,500 |
Yuri Berry | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | New York | 40 | 2009/06/25 | $675,000 |
Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | New York | 63 | 2010/01/04 | $125,250 |
Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2012/06/01 | $115,000 |
The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | $(document).ready(function() { var table = $('#example').DataTable( { "scrollY": "200px", "paging": false } ); $('a.toggle-vis').on( 'click', function (e) { e.preventDefault(); // Get the column API object var column = table.column( $(this).attr('data-column') ); // Toggle the visibility column.visible( ! column.visible() ); } ); } ); |
In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example: