get a column click in dataTables plugin instead of row
by Akram kamal
HTML
<table>
<tr>
<td>1.1</td>
<td>1.2</td>
<td>1.3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2.1</td>
<td>2.2</td>
<td>2.3</td>
</tr>
</table>
JavaScript
jQuery('td:first, td:last', 'table').on('click', function() {
// do what you want
alert(jQuery(this).html());
});