ColReorder example Predefined column ordering

ColReorder provides the ability to specify a column ordering which is not that of the HTML (which typically you will want) through the parameter colReorder.order. This is an array of integers with the column ordering you want.

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Start date	Age	Office	Position	Name	Salary
2008/11/28	33	Tokyo	Accountant	Airi Satou	$162,700
2009/10/09	47	London	Chief Executive Officer (CEO)	Angelica Ramos	$1,200,000
2009/01/12	66	San Francisco	Junior Technical Author	Ashton Cox	$86,000
2012/10/13	41	London	Software Engineer	Bradley Greer	$132,000
2011/06/07	28	San Francisco	Software Engineer	Brenden Wagner	$206,850
2012/12/02	61	New York	Integration Specialist	Brielle Williamson	$372,000
2011/05/03	38	London	Software Engineer	Bruno Nash	$163,500
2011/12/12	21	New York	Pre-Sales Support	Caesar Vance	$106,450
2011/12/06	46	New York	Sales Assistant	Cara Stevens	$145,600
2012/03/29	22	Edinburgh	Senior Javascript Developer	Cedric Kelly	$433,060
Start date	Age	Office	Position	Name	Salary

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The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#example').dataTable( {
        colReorder: {
            order: [ 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 5 ]
        }
    } );
} );

In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:

The HTML shown below is the raw HTML table element, before it has been enhanced by DataTables:

			<table id="example" class="display" style="width:100%">
				<thead>
					<tr>
						<th>Name</th>
						<th>Position</th>
						<th>Office</th>
						<th>Age</th>
						<th>Start date</th>
						<th>Salary</th>
					</tr>
				</thead>
				<tbody>
					<tr>
						<td>Tiger Nixon</td>
						<td>System Architect</td>
						<td>Edinburgh</td>
						<td>61</td>
						<td>2011/04/25</td>
						<td>$320,800</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Garrett Winters</td>
						<td>Accountant</td>
						<td>Tokyo</td>
						<td>63</td>
						<td>2011/07/25</td>
						<td>$170,750</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Ashton Cox</td>
						<td>Junior Technical Author</td>
						<td>San Francisco</td>
						<td>66</td>
						<td>2009/01/12</td>
						<td>$86,000</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Cedric Kelly</td>
						<td>Senior Javascript Developer</td>
						<td>Edinburgh</td>
						<td>22</td>
						<td>2012/03/29</td>
						<td>$433,060</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Airi Satou</td>
						<td>Accountant</td>
						<td>Tokyo</td>
						<td>33</td>
						<td>2008/11/28</td>
						<td>$162,700</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Brielle Williamson</td>
						<td>Integration Specialist</td>
						<td>New York</td>
						<td>61</td>
						<td>2012/12/02</td>
						<td>$372,000</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Herrod Chandler</td>
						<td>Sales Assistant</td>
						<td>San Francisco</td>
						<td>59</td>
						<td>2012/08/06</td>
						<td>$137,500</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Rhona Davidson</td>
						<td>Integration Specialist</td>
						<td>Tokyo</td>
						<td>55</td>
						<td>2010/10/14</td>
						<td>$327,900</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Colleen Hurst</td>
						<td>Javascript Developer</td>
						<td>San Francisco</td>
						<td>39</td>
						<td>2009/09/15</td>
						<td>$205,500</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Sonya Frost</td>
						<td>Software Engineer</td>
						<td>Edinburgh</td>
						<td>23</td>
						<td>2008/12/13</td>
						<td>$103,600</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Jena Gaines</td>
						<td>Office Manager</td>
						<td>London</td>
						<td>30</td>
						<td>2008/12/19</td>
						<td>$90,560</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Quinn Flynn</td>
						<td>Support Lead</td>
						<td>Edinburgh</td>
						<td>22</td>
						<td>2013/03/03</td>
						<td>$342,000</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Charde Marshall</td>
						<td>Regional Director</td>
						<td>San Francisco</td>
						<td>36</td>
						<td>2008/10/16</td>
						<td>$470,600</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Haley Kennedy</td>
						<td>Senior Marketing Designer</td>
						<td>London</td>
						<td>43</td>
						<td>2012/12/18</td>
						<td>$313,500</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Tatyana Fitzpatrick</td>
						<td>Regional Director</td>
						<td>London</td>
						<td>19</td>
						<td>2010/03/17</td>
						<td>$385,750</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Michael Silva</td>
						<td>Marketing Designer</td>
						<td>London</td>
						<td>66</td>
						<td>2012/11/27</td>
						<td>$198,500</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Paul Byrd</td>
						<td>Chief Financial Officer (CFO)</td>
						<td>New York</td>
						<td>64</td>
						<td>2010/06/09</td>
						<td>$725,000</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Gloria Little</td>
						<td>Systems Administrator</td>
						<td>New York</td>
						<td>59</td>
						<td>2009/04/10</td>
						<td>$237,500</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Bradley Greer</td>
						<td>Software Engineer</td>
						<td>London</td>
						<td>41</td>
						<td>2012/10/13</td>
						<td>$132,000</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Dai Rios</td>
						<td>Personnel Lead</td>
						<td>Edinburgh</td>
						<td>35</td>
						<td>2012/09/26</td>
						<td>$217,500</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Jenette Caldwell</td>
						<td>Development Lead</td>
						<td>New York</td>
						<td>30</td>
						<td>2011/09/03</td>
						<td>$345,000</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Yuri Berry</td>
						<td>Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)</td>
						<td>New York</td>
						<td>40</td>
						<td>2009/06/25</td>
						<td>$675,000</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Caesar Vance</td>
						<td>Pre-Sales Support</td>
						<td>New York</td>
						<td>21</td>
						<td>2011/12/12</td>
						<td>$106,450</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Doris Wilder</td>
						<td>Sales Assistant</td>
						<td>Sidney</td>
						<td>23</td>
						<td>2010/09/20</td>
						<td>$85,600</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Angelica Ramos</td>
						<td>Chief Executive Officer (CEO)</td>
						<td>London</td>
						<td>47</td>
						<td>2009/10/09</td>
						<td>$1,200,000</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Gavin Joyce</td>
						<td>Developer</td>
						<td>Edinburgh</td>
						<td>42</td>
						<td>2010/12/22</td>
						<td>$92,575</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Jennifer Chang</td>
						<td>Regional Director</td>
						<td>Singapore</td>
						<td>28</td>
						<td>2010/11/14</td>
						<td>$357,650</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Brenden Wagner</td>
						<td>Software Engineer</td>
						<td>San Francisco</td>
						<td>28</td>
						<td>2011/06/07</td>
						<td>$206,850</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Fiona Green</td>
						<td>Chief Operating Officer (COO)</td>
						<td>San Francisco</td>
						<td>48</td>
						<td>2010/03/11</td>
						<td>$850,000</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Shou Itou</td>
						<td>Regional Marketing</td>
						<td>Tokyo</td>
						<td>20</td>
						<td>2011/08/14</td>
						<td>$163,000</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Michelle House</td>
						<td>Integration Specialist</td>
						<td>Sidney</td>
						<td>37</td>
						<td>2011/06/02</td>
						<td>$95,400</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Suki Burks</td>
						<td>Developer</td>
						<td>London</td>
						<td>53</td>
						<td>2009/10/22</td>
						<td>$114,500</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Prescott Bartlett</td>
						<td>Technical Author</td>
						<td>London</td>
						<td>27</td>
						<td>2011/05/07</td>
						<td>$145,000</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Gavin Cortez</td>
						<td>Team Leader</td>
						<td>San Francisco</td>
						<td>22</td>
						<td>2008/10/26</td>
						<td>$235,500</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Martena Mccray</td>
						<td>Post-Sales support</td>
						<td>Edinburgh</td>
						<td>46</td>
						<td>2011/03/09</td>
						<td>$324,050</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Unity Butler</td>
						<td>Marketing Designer</td>
						<td>San Francisco</td>
						<td>47</td>
						<td>2009/12/09</td>
						<td>$85,675</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Howard Hatfield</td>
						<td>Office Manager</td>
						<td>San Francisco</td>
						<td>51</td>
						<td>2008/12/16</td>
						<td>$164,500</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Hope Fuentes</td>
						<td>Secretary</td>
						<td>San Francisco</td>
						<td>41</td>
						<td>2010/02/12</td>
						<td>$109,850</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Vivian Harrell</td>
						<td>Financial Controller</td>
						<td>San Francisco</td>
						<td>62</td>
						<td>2009/02/14</td>
						<td>$452,500</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Timothy Mooney</td>
						<td>Office Manager</td>
						<td>London</td>
						<td>37</td>
						<td>2008/12/11</td>
						<td>$136,200</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Jackson Bradshaw</td>
						<td>Director</td>
						<td>New York</td>
						<td>65</td>
						<td>2008/09/26</td>
						<td>$645,750</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Olivia Liang</td>
						<td>Support Engineer</td>
						<td>Singapore</td>
						<td>64</td>
						<td>2011/02/03</td>
						<td>$234,500</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Bruno Nash</td>
						<td>Software Engineer</td>
						<td>London</td>
						<td>38</td>
						<td>2011/05/03</td>
						<td>$163,500</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Sakura Yamamoto</td>
						<td>Support Engineer</td>
						<td>Tokyo</td>
						<td>37</td>
						<td>2009/08/19</td>
						<td>$139,575</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Thor Walton</td>
						<td>Developer</td>
						<td>New York</td>
						<td>61</td>
						<td>2013/08/11</td>
						<td>$98,540</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Finn Camacho</td>
						<td>Support Engineer</td>
						<td>San Francisco</td>
						<td>47</td>
						<td>2009/07/07</td>
						<td>$87,500</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Serge Baldwin</td>
						<td>Data Coordinator</td>
						<td>Singapore</td>
						<td>64</td>
						<td>2012/04/09</td>
						<td>$138,575</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Zenaida Frank</td>
						<td>Software Engineer</td>
						<td>New York</td>
						<td>63</td>
						<td>2010/01/04</td>
						<td>$125,250</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Zorita Serrano</td>
						<td>Software Engineer</td>
						<td>San Francisco</td>
						<td>56</td>
						<td>2012/06/01</td>
						<td>$115,000</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Jennifer Acosta</td>
						<td>Junior Javascript Developer</td>
						<td>Edinburgh</td>
						<td>43</td>
						<td>2013/02/01</td>
						<td>$75,650</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Cara Stevens</td>
						<td>Sales Assistant</td>
						<td>New York</td>
						<td>46</td>
						<td>2011/12/06</td>
						<td>$145,600</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Hermione Butler</td>
						<td>Regional Director</td>
						<td>London</td>
						<td>47</td>
						<td>2011/03/21</td>
						<td>$356,250</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Lael Greer</td>
						<td>Systems Administrator</td>
						<td>London</td>
						<td>21</td>
						<td>2009/02/27</td>
						<td>$103,500</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Jonas Alexander</td>
						<td>Developer</td>
						<td>San Francisco</td>
						<td>30</td>
						<td>2010/07/14</td>
						<td>$86,500</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Shad Decker</td>
						<td>Regional Director</td>
						<td>Edinburgh</td>
						<td>51</td>
						<td>2008/11/13</td>
						<td>$183,000</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Michael Bruce</td>
						<td>Javascript Developer</td>
						<td>Singapore</td>
						<td>29</td>
						<td>2011/06/27</td>
						<td>$183,000</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td>Donna Snider</td>
						<td>Customer Support</td>
						<td>New York</td>
						<td>27</td>
						<td>2011/01/25</td>
						<td>$112,000</td>
					</tr>
				</tbody>
				<tfoot>
					<tr>
						<th>Name</th>
						<th>Position</th>
						<th>Office</th>
						<th>Age</th>
						<th>Start date</th>
						<th>Salary</th>
					</tr>
				</tfoot>
			</table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gutter"><div class="line number1 index0 alt2">1</div><div class="line number2 index1 alt1">2</div><div class="line number3 index2 alt2">3</div><div class="line number4 index3 alt1">4</div><div class="line number5 index4 alt2">5</div><div class="line number6 index5 alt1">6</div><div class="line number7 index6 alt2">7</div></td><td class="code"><div class="container"><div class="line number1 index0 alt2"><code class="js plain">$(document).ready(</code><code class="js keyword">function</code><code class="js plain">() {</code></div><div class="line number2 index1 alt1"><code class="js spaces">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code><code class="js plain">$(</code><code class="js string">'#example'</code><code class="js plain">).dataTable( {</code></div><div class="line number3 index2 alt2"><code class="js spaces">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code><code class="js plain">colReorder: {</code></div><div class="line number4 index3 alt1"><code class="js spaces">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code><code class="js plain">order: [ 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 5 ]</code></div><div class="line number5 index4 alt2"><code class="js spaces">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code><code class="js plain">}</code></div><div class="line number6 index5 alt1"><code class="js spaces">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code><code class="js plain">} );</code></div><div class="line number7 index6 alt2"><code class="js plain">} );</code></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gutter"><div class="line number1 index0 alt2" style="display: none;">1</div></td><td class="code"><div class="container" style="display: none;"><div class="line number1 index0 alt2" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

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