jQuery DataTables hide column without removing it from DOM

Question

I need to hide a column from showing up in jquery datatables. When I hide the column using bVisible property it disappears from the DOM.

I want to set display proper

Answer 1

You can use the method hide.

$(element).hide();

To show the element, use the method show:

$(element).show();

To get the column that you want, you can use n-th child selector from jquery.