Search

DataTables' CSS applies colour according to the currently sorted column. Read the docs on styling.

problems with multiple column sorting and searching on using

Allan, thanks. Added some other elements to your CSS to remove the sorting. Very good your work. [code] div.dataTables_scrollBody thead th, div.dataTables_scrollBody thead td { line-height: 0; opacity:0.0; width: 0px; height:0px; [/code] Thanks

DataTables will highlight the column that is being sorted (in this case the first column). Use bSortClasses to disable that if you want to. Allan

extras for typical column sorting? No. Sorting is built-in

are not aligned. When sorting by other columns (or

enabled, then the processing (sorting, filtering etc) is done

filtering turned on or sorting. All requests are server

That's precisely how I solved the problem. I added the sAjaxDataProp to my JavaScript: $(document).ready(function() { $('#example').dataTable( { "sDom": "Tfrtip", "aaSorting": [ ], // Prevent initial sorting "sAjaxSource": "../jsp/functions.jsp", "sAjaxDataProp": "", "bProcessing": true, "aoColumns": [ { "mData": "name"}, { "mData": "phone" } ] } ); } );

var scrollXEnabled; //Re-enable column sorting this.s.dt.aoColumns[colResized].bSortable = true; //Save the