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Thanks @tangerine but that doesn't seem to work for me, does this look correct to you? // Sort column 1 by column 2 'columnDefs': [ { 'orderData':[2], 'targets': [1] }, { 'targets': [2], 'visible': false, 'searchable': false }, ],

filter: 'applied', order: 'current' } } ] }, "columnDefs": [ { "targets": [0], "visible": false,

ok, so just so i understand. the only way to set a column as searchable (which is possible) is in the columnDefs when the table is created? $("#mytable").dataTable({ "columnDefs":[ ... ] }); which is not the same as $("#mytable").dataTable({ "columns": [...] });

serverSide": true, "ajax": "/server_processing.php", "columnDefs": [ { "render": function ( data, type,

the DataTables columns and columnDefs objects. It has no

Thank you! SOLVED thanks to you. Changes in code: I've changed searching to initial which searches all columns: dataTable .search(this.value) .draw(); And set columns which I don't want to be search in initTable: "columnDefs": [ { "targets": [2,5], "searchable": false }]

retrieve" : true, "paging" : true, "columnDefs" : [ { "targets" : 3, "data" : "remove",

Based on the example from the docs page: $('#example').dataTable( { "columnDefs": [ { className: "dt-body-left", "targets": [ 0 ] } ] } ); Does that make it clearer?

text-center"p>', "search": {"smart": false}, "columnDefs": [ { orderable: false, targets: [ -1

I'm a noobie, but I think you can use the render option of columnDefs to do that. I've used that to combine values and adjust the CSS.