DataTables

DataTables Examples

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.7/css/jquery.dataTables.css">
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.7/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.datatables.net/colvis/1.1.2/css/dataTables.colVis.css">
<script src="//cdn.datatables.net/colvis/1.1.2/js/dataTables.colVis.min.js"></script>
<p><input type="button" id="btn-log" value="Log Visible Columns" /></p>
<hr>
    
<table id="example" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Name</th>
            <th>Position</th>
            <th>ID</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>Tiger Nixon</td>
            <td>System Architect</td>
            <td>2</td>
            <!-- <td>Extra td</td> -->
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Garrett Winters</td>
            <td>Accountant</td>
            <td>1</td>
            <!-- <td>Tokyo</td> -->
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Ashton Cox</td>
            <td>Junior Technical Author</td>
            <td>4</td>
            <!-- <td>San Francisco</td> -->
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Cedric Kelly</td>
            <td>Senior Javascript Developer</td>
            <td>5</td>
            <!-- <td>Edinburgh</td> -->
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

JavaScript

var table = $('#example').DataTable({
    "dom": 'C<"clear">lfrtip',
    "columnDefs": [
        { targets: 1, visible: false }
    ]
    
});

$('#btn-log').on('click', function () {
    console.log(table.columns().visible());
});