Disable sorting for a particular column in jQuery DataTables

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I am using the jQuery DataTables plugin to sort the table fields. My question is: how do I disable sorting for a particular column? I have tried with the following code, but it did not work:

"aoColumns": [
  { "bSearchable": false },
  null
]

I have also tried the following code:

"aoColumnDefs": [
  {
    "bSearchable": false,
    "aTargets": [ 1 ]
  }
]

but this still did not produce the desired results.

datatables sorting jquery javascript
23 Answers

To make a first column sorting disable, try with the below code in datatables jquery. The null represents the sorting enable here.

$('#example').dataTable( {
  "aoColumns": [
  { "bSortable": false },
  null,
  null,
  null
  ]
} );

Disable Sorting on a Column in jQuery Datatables

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$("#example").dataTable(
  {
    "aoColumnDefs": [{
      "bSortable": false, 
      "aTargets": [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
    }]
  }
);
user_30422240

There are two ways, one is defined in html when you define table headers

<thead>
  <th data-orderable="false"></th>
</thead>

Another way is using javascript, for example, you have table

<table id="datatables">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th class="testid input">test id</th>
            <th class="testname input">test name</th>
    </thead>
</table>

then,

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#datatables').DataTable( {
        "columnDefs": [ {
            "targets": [ 0], // 0 indicates the first column you define in <thead>
            "searchable": false
        }
        , {
            // you can also use name to get the target column
            "targets": 'testid', // name is the class you define in <th>
            "searchable": false
        }
        ]
    }
    );
}
);
user_46484570

You can directry use .notsortable() method on column 

 vm.dtOpt_product = DTOptionsBuilder.newOptions()
                .withOption('responsive', true)
        vm.dtOpt_product.withPaginationType('full_numbers');
        vm.dtOpt_product.withColumnFilter({
            aoColumns: [{
                    type: 'null'
                }, {
                    type: 'text',
                    bRegex: true,
                    bSmart: true
                }, {
                    type: 'text',
                    bRegex: true,
                    bSmart: true
                }, {
                    type: 'text',
                    bRegex: true,
                    bSmart: true
                }, {
                    type: 'select',
                    bRegex: false,
                    bSmart: true,
                    values: vm.dtProductTypes
                }]

        });

        vm.dtColDefs_product = [
            DTColumnDefBuilder.newColumnDef(0), DTColumnDefBuilder.newColumnDef(1),
            DTColumnDefBuilder.newColumnDef(2), DTColumnDefBuilder.newColumnDef(3).withClass('none'),
            DTColumnDefBuilder.newColumnDef(4), DTColumnDefBuilder.newColumnDef(5).notSortable()
        ];
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