column().width()
Since: DataTables 2.0
Get the width of a column.
Description
This method is a helper method to get the width of the column in a table. It can be used by extension authors who need to utilise the width of a column (for example the Buttons extension uses widths for the Excel and PDF export).
The result given is the "outer width" of the cells for the target column. If a column is hidden, is width will be returned as 0.
The returned number might not be an integer, depending on the browser's table rendering.
Type
column().width()
Example
Get the width for a column that was clicked on:
let table = new DataTable('#example');
table.on('click', 'tbody td', function () {
let width = table.column(this).width();
alert('Column width: ' + width);
});Related
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