In Angular JS how to disable column sort feature for selected columns

Question

In jquery data table I can disable specific column sort by

\"aoColumnDefs\": [{
                \'bSortable\': false,
                \'aTargets\': [0, 7]
          


        

Answer 1

I have tried every possible solution to disable sorting but the only thing that worked for me was : order: false . Use this for reference

My dtOptions were as below

vm.dtOptions = {
        dom: '<"top"f>rt<"bottom"<"left"<"length"l>><"right"<"info"i><"pagination"p>>>',
        pagingType: 'simple',
        autoWidth: false,
        responsive: true,
        order: false, // This fixed the issue
        columnDefs : [{
            targets: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7], // column or columns numbers
            orderable: false,  // This was not working
            filterable: false,
            sortable  : false                
            },
            {
                // Target the actions column
                targets           : 8,
                responsivePriority: 1,
                filterable        : false,
                sortable          : false,
                orderable: false
            }                
        ]
    }

Answer 2

The angular-datatables equivalence to

aoColumnDefs: [{ bSortable: false, aTargets: [0, 4] }]

is

$scope.dtColumnDefs = [
   DTColumnDefBuilder.newColumnDef(0).notSortable(),
   DTColumnDefBuilder.newColumnDef(4).notSortable()
];

...

<table class="custom-table" dt-column-defs="dtColumnDefs" datatable="ng" dt-options="dtOptions" id="contacts-list-table"></table>

You must include DTColumnDefBuilder in the controller :

myApp.controller("ListCtr", ['DTOptionsBuilder', 'DTColumnDefBuilder',
    function(DTOptionsBuilder, DTColumnDefBuilder) {
       $scope.dtOptions = DTOptionsBuilder.newOptions().withDOM('C<"clear">lfrtip');
       $scope.dtColumnDefs = [
          DTColumnDefBuilder.newColumnDef(0).notSortable(),
          DTColumnDefBuilder.newColumnDef(4).notSortable()
       ];
    }
])

see http://l-lin.github.io/angular-datatables/archives/#!/api.