Found this today while attempting to upgrade, I have a javascript function that allows users to click on selects and inputs in the header, and the columns do not sort ...

Hide all (or specified) columns if no cells in the column (s) are populated with any values - jhyland87/DataTables-Hide-Empty-Columns ...

The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example: $(document).ready(function() { var lastIdx = null; var table = $('#example ...