jQuery Datatables responsive example

HTML

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.datatables.net/1.10.1/css/jquery.dataTables.css">
<script src="//cdn.datatables.net/1.10.1/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.datatables.net/responsive/1.0.0/css/dataTables.responsive.css">
<script src="//cdn.datatables.net/responsive/1.0.0/js/dataTables.responsive.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/fixedcolumns/3.2.2/js/dataTables.fixedColumns.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/fixedheader/3.1.2/js/dataTables.fixedHeader.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<div class="button-group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-sm dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-cog"></span> Modify Columns</button>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" id="checkboxlist">

</ul></div>
<table id="example" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%"></table>

CSS

td.red{
  background-color: red !important;
}

td.blue{
  background-color: blue !important;
}

td.green{
    background-color: green;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {


var AList=[];
var header=["c","d","e"]; //generated from an API call
var md=[{"Data": [{ "Value": "green", "Link": "",},{"Value": "blue", "Link": "", }, {"Value": "red","Link": "www.example.com", },{ "Value": "blue","Link": "www.example.com", },{"Value": "green","Link": "www.example.com",}]},
{"Data":[  { "Value": "red","Link": ""},{ "Value": "red", "Link": "",},{"Value": "green", "Link": "www.example.com",},{ "Value": "","Link": "www.example.com",},{ "Value": "green","Link": "www.example.com"}]},{"Data": [{ "Value": "green", "Link": "",},{"Value": "blue", "Link": "", }, {"Value": "red","Link": "www.example.com", },{ "Value": "blue","Link": "www.example.com", },{"Value": "green","Link": "www.example.com",}]},
{"Data":[  { "Value": "red","Link": ""},{ "Value": "red", "Link": "",},{"Value": "green", "Link": "www.example.com",},{ "Value": "","Link": "www.example.com",},{ "Value": "green","Link": "www.example.com"}]},{"Data": [{ "Value": "green", "Link": "",},{"Value": "blue", "Link": "", }, {"Value": "red","Link": "www.example.com", },{ "Value": "blue","Link": "www.example.com", },{"Value": "green","Link": "www.example.com",}]},
{"Data":[  { "Value": "red","Link": ""},{ "Value": "red", "Link": "",},{"Value": "green", "Link": "www.example.com",},{ "Value": "","Link": "www.example.com",},{ "Value": "green","Link": "www.example.com"}]},{"Data": [{ "Value": "green", "Link": "",},{"Value": "blue", "Link": "", }, {"Value": "red","Link": "www.example.com", },{ "Value": "blue","Link": "www.example.com", },{"Value": "green","Link": "www.example.com",}]}]


  AList.length = 0;
    AList = ["A", "B"];
    var selected = [];
    var sortlist = [];
    for (var i = 0; i < header.length; i++) {
        AList.push(header[i]);
    }
    $('#example').append("<thead style='background-color: rgb(159, 191, 223); !important'><tr></tr></thead>");
    for (var i = 0; i < AList.length; i++) {
        $('#example thead tr').append("<th class='"+AList[i]+"'...