Globally set an orderable trait on a class

DanBridgeman

I see how I can set columns with a class of 'no-sort', and then use columnDefs to make those columns not orderable when intializing each DataTable.

$('#example').DataTable({
    columnDefs: [{ orderable: false, targets: 'no-sort' }],
});

But it would be much easier if I didn't have to set this on every DataTable. Is there something I could do globally to set any column with a 'no-sort' class not to be orderable by default?

DanBridgeman

Had to edit that....

colin

Hi @DanBridgeman ,

Yep, you can easily tweak the defaults before initialising the table, something like this.

Cheers,

Colin

DanBridgeman

I took the portion that extends the DataTable defaults, and put that into a shared JavaScript file, and it works perfectly.

$(document).ready(function () {
    $.extend(true, $.fn.dataTable.defaults, {
        'columnDefs': [{ orderable: false, targets: 'dt-nosort' }]
    });
});

Many thanks @colin!