ColVis example Exclude columns from list

It can at times be useful to exclude columns from being in the 'show / hide' list (for example if you have hidden information that the end user shouldn't be able to make visible. This can be done by the exclude ColVis configuration parameter when creating the DataTable. This is simply an array of integers, indicating which columns should be excluded. This example shows the first column being excluded.

For full information about the ColVis options, please refer to the ColVis options documentation.

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

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$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#example').DataTable( {
        dom: 'C<"clear">lfrtip',
        colVis: {
            exclude: [ 0 ]
        }
    } );
} );

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