ColReorder example with individual column filtering

# Preamble

This example of how to use ColReorder shows quite a number of different interesting properties. Firstly, there is integration with ColVis, then there is the fact that there is more than one row in the table header with the second being used for the input elements, and finally of course the filtering itself. Note that it is important to use the _fnVisibleToColumnIndex() internal function to calculate which column index should be given to fnFilter (or you could employ your own methods).

Please note that this demo requires DataTables 1.8 or later.

# Live example

Rendering engine | Browser | Platform(s) | Engine version | CSS grade
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Rendering engine | Browser | Platform(s) | Engine version | CSS grade
Trident | Internet Explorer 4.0 | Win 95+ (Entity: &) | 4 | X
Trident | Internet Explorer 5.0 | Win 95+ | 5 | C
Trident | Internet Explorer 5.5 | Win 95+ | 5.5 | A
Trident | Internet Explorer 6 | Win 98+ | 6 | A
Trident | Internet Explorer 7 | Win XP SP2+ | 7 | A
Trident | AOL browser (AOL desktop) | Win XP | 6 | A
Gecko (UTF-8: $¢€) | Firefox 1.0 | Win 98+ / OSX.2+ | 1.7 | A
Gecko | Firefox 1.5 | Win 98+ / OSX.2+ | 1.8 | A
Gecko | Firefox 2.0 | Win 98+ / OSX.2+ | 1.8 | A
Gecko | Firefox 3.0 | Win 2k+ / OSX.3+ | 1.9 | A
Gecko | Camino 1.0 | OSX.2+ | 1.8 | A
Gecko | Camino 1.5 | OSX.3+ | 1.8 | A
Gecko | Netscape 7.2 | Win 95+ / Mac OS 8.6-9.2 | 1.7 | A
Gecko | Netscape Browser 8 | Win 98SE+ | 1.7 | A
Gecko | Netscape Navigator 9 | Win 98+ / OSX.2+ | 1.8 | A
Gecko | Mozilla 1.0 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1 | A
Gecko | Mozilla 1.1 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.1 | A
Gecko | Mozilla 1.2 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.2 | A
Gecko | Mozilla 1.3 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.3 | A
Gecko | Mozilla 1.4 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.4 | A
Gecko | Mozilla 1.5 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.5 | A
Gecko | Mozilla 1.6 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.6 | A
Gecko | Mozilla 1.7 | Win 98+ / OSX.1+ | 1.7 | A
Gecko | Mozilla 1.8 | Win 98+ / OSX.1+ | 1.8 | A
Gecko | Seamonkey 1.1 | Win 98+ / OSX.2+ | 1.8 | A
Gecko | Epiphany 2.20 | Gnome | 1.8 | A
Webkit | Safari 1.2 | OSX.3 | 125.5 | A
Webkit | Safari 1.3 | OSX.3 | 312.8 | A
Webkit | Safari 2.0 | OSX.4+ | 419.3 | A
Webkit | Safari 3.0 | OSX.4+ | 522.1 | A
Webkit | OmniWeb 5.5 | OSX.4+ | 420 | A
Webkit | iPod Touch / iPhone | iPod | 420.1 | A
Webkit | S60 | S60 | 413 | A
Presto | Opera 7.0 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | - | A
Presto | Opera 7.5 | Win 95+ / OSX.2+ | - | A
Presto | Opera 8.0 | Win 95+ / OSX.2+ | - | A
Presto | Opera 8.5 | Win 95+ / OSX.2+ | - | A
Presto | Opera 9.0 | Win 95+ / OSX.3+ | - | A
Presto | Opera 9.2 | Win 88+ / OSX.3+ | - | A
Presto | Opera 9.5 | Win 88+ / OSX.3+ | - | A
Presto | Opera for Wii | Wii | - | A
Presto | Nokia N800 | N800 | - | A
Presto | Nintendo DS browser | Nintendo DS | 8.5 | C/A1
KHTML | Konqureror 3.1 | KDE 3.1 | 3.1 | C
KHTML | Konqureror 3.3 | KDE 3.3 | 3.3 | A
KHTML | Konqureror 3.5 | KDE 3.5 | 3.5 | A
Tasman | Internet Explorer 4.5 | Mac OS 8-9 | - | X
Tasman | Internet Explorer 5.1 | Mac OS 7.6-9 | 1 | C
Tasman | Internet Explorer 5.2 | Mac OS 8-X | 1 | C
Misc | NetFront 3.1 | Embedded devices | - | C
Misc | NetFront 3.4 | Embedded devices | - | A
Misc | Dillo 0.8 | Embedded devices | - | X
Misc | Links | Text only | - | X
Misc | Lynx | Text only | - | X
Misc | IE Mobile | Windows Mobile 6 | - | C
Misc | PSP browser | PSP | - | C
Other browsers | All others | - | - | U

# Examples

- Basic initialisation
- Styling the insert cursor
- Individual column filtering
- Integration with DataTables' ColVis plug-in
- Integration with DataTables' FixedColumns plug-in
- Integration with DataTables' FixedHeader plug-in
- Using a predefined column order set
- Providing a user control to reset the column order
- Column reordering shown with scrolling in DataTables
- Server-side processing support
- State saving of the column position
- jQuery UI theme integration

# Initialisation code

    $(document).ready(function() {
    	var oTable;

    	/* Add the events etc before DataTables hides a column */
    	$("thead input").keyup( function () {
    		/* Filter on the column (the index) of this element */
    		oTable.fnFilter( this.value, oTable.oApi._fnVisibleToColumnIndex(
    			oTable.fnSettings(), $("thead input").index(this) ) );
    	} );

    	/*
    	 * Support functions to provide a little bit of 'user friendlyness' to the textboxes
    	 */
    	$("thead input").each( function (i) {
    		this.initVal = this.value;
    	} );

    	$("thead input").focus( function () {
    		if ( this.className == "search_init" )
    		{
    			this.className = "";
    			this.value = "";
    		}
    	} );

    	$("thead input").blur( function (i) {
    		if ( this.value == "" )
    		{
    			this.className = "search_init";
    			this.value = this.initVal;
    		}
    	} );

    	oTable = $('#example').dataTable( {
    		"sDom": 'RC<"clear">lfrtip',
    		"aoColumnDefs": [
    			{ "bVisible": false, "aTargets": [ 2 ] }
    		],
    		"oLanguage": {
    			"sSearch": "Search all columns:"
    		},
    		"bSortCellsTop": true
    	} );
    } );