FEATURE REQUEST: order option [index, 'asc'|'desc'] should allow any column selector, not just index

louking

In particular, would like to see {string}:name selector allowed. Alternatively, allow 'order' option directly under the columns option, with 'asc', 'desc' as value (assume current index).

I've removed a hidden column from my home-grown underlying framework, and this has broken all of the datatable options which have order option based on index.

tangerine

DataTables allows initial ordering by any permutation of columns.
https://datatables.net/reference/option/order

Unless I'm misunderstanding the question....

louking

Yes, misunderstanding, I think. In the example

$('#example').dataTable( {
    "order": [[ 0, 'asc' ], [ 1, 'asc' ]]
} );

would like to be something like

$('#example').dataTable( {
    "order": [[ 'col1:name', 'asc' ], [ 'col2:name', 'asc' ]]
} );

instead

allan

Yup - good request. It is something that is on my radar already, so good to know that this would be useful.

Allan