JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Lisa Poor
HTML
<script src="https://www.datatables.net/release-datatables/media/js/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="https://www.datatables.net/release-datatables/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js"></script>
<script src="https://www.datatables.net/release-datatables/extensions/ColVis/js/dataTables.colVis.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.datatables.net/release-datatables/media/css/jquery.dataTables.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.datatables.net/release-datatables/extensions/ColVis/css/dataTables.colVis.css">
<div style="min-height: 8em;" class="info"></div>
<table id="example" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<thead>
<tr>
<th rowspan="2">Name</th>
<th colspan="2">HR Information</th>
<th colspan="3">Contact</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Salary</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Extn.</th>
<th>E-mail</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Salary</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Extn.</th>
<th>E-mail</th>
</tr>
</tfoot>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Tiger Nixon</td>
<td>System Architect</td>
<td>$320,800</td>
<td>Edinburgh</td>
<td>5421</td>
<td>t.nixon@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Garrett Winters</td>
<td>Accountant</td>
<td>$170,750</td>
<td>Tokyo</td>
<td>8422</td>
<td>g.winters@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ashton Cox</td>
<td>Junior Technical Author</td>
<td>$86,000</td>
...
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function() {
var table = $('#example').DataTable({scrollX: true});
var colvis = new $.fn.dataTable.ColVis( table );
$( colvis.button() ).insertAfter('div.info');
} );