How can we set default columns/columndefs to reuse across all tables

setwebmaster

As the title says, I'm trying to set default columns to reuse across all my tables as they all share common control columns with plugins/extensions.

For example, my first column is always for the "responsive" plugin, my second columns would be for the checkboxes and my third one would be for CRUD action buttons which are rendered in columnDefs.

Any help would be really appreciated, thanks in advance!

allan

You can set defaults for all columns, but there isn't a built in way to define a group of columns (i.e. column 1 should have a title of x and column 2 should have a title of y).

However, it is fairly easy to do with $.extend():

var columns = [
  { title: 'x' },
  { title: 'y' }
];

$('#example').DataTable( {
  columns: $.extend( true, columns, [
     { title: 'xx' },
     null
   ] )
} );

Allan

setwebmaster

Wow sorry for not coming back and thank you for your help. I ended up finding the answer to my problem in your great documentation (there's a lot so it was easy to get lost but there is a ton of great info!)