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• Yani Posts: 24Questions: 7Answers: 0

  September 2017

  Seems like using column().header() is the easiest workaround for this.
• bindrid Posts: 730Questions: 0Answers: 119

  September 2017

  I have, in the past, declared my columns ahead of my data table so I could have full access to the information it contains.
• Yani Posts: 24Questions: 7Answers: 0

  September 2017

  I don't think that would have been usable in my case. When adding new rows, I'm selecting a specific column to be edited, but with colReorder the index was kind of useless.
• bindrid Posts: 730Questions: 0Answers: 119

  September 2017

  did you know about the $("#example").DataTable().column( 'salary:name' ).data(); ?

  https://datatables.net/reference/type/column-selector
• Yani Posts: 24Questions: 7Answers: 0

  September 2017

  Yes. I already selected the column, but needed the name.
• allan Posts: 61,805Questions: 1Answers: 10,118 Site admin

  September 2017

  The new column().name() method won't be available until v2 ships (unlikely to happen this year).

  If you wanted then before then, you could easily use them as plug-in API method. This is the code in DataTables core for them.

  Allan
• allan Posts: 61,805Questions: 1Answers: 10,118 Site admin

  September 2017 Answer ✓

  I haven't tested it, but this should do it:

  $.fn.dataTable.Api.registerPlural( 'columns().names()', 'column().name()', function ( setter ) {
      return this.iterator( 'column', function ( settings, column ) {
          var col = settings.aoColumns[column];
  
          if ( setter !== undefined ) {
              col.sName = setter;
              return this;
          }
          else {
              return col.sName;
          }
      }, 1 );
  } );
  
• Yani Posts: 24Questions: 7Answers: 0

  September 2017 edited September 2017

  Perfect! Thanks a lot Allan.