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is performed on the cells in the header: http://next.datatables.net/reference/type/column-selector

nRow).children('td:gt(0)').remove(); // remove empty placeholder cells $(nRow).children('td:first').attr('colspan', iCol); } } }); }); [/code] Unfortunately

for the hidden header cells to be 1px, despite

Sure - just create the HTML table like you would with any other table (including elements) and then run DataTables on it. DataTables cells can contain any HTML content you want. Allan

some column headers and cells, even I add ""white-spance":

content in its header cells as the actual header

but I have header cells which contain HTML and

data-order attributes on the cells to make this kind

As I asked, what do you mean by its name? Do you mean the HTML contents of the header cell? If so, then yes - use jQuery to get the cell's index using the :contains() selector and the index() method.

Easiest option will be to use oSettings.nTFoot which is the table's footer node (i.e. the tfoot element). Then you could use jQuery to loop over the cells and add it to the output. Allan