I'm using jQuery DataTables and was wondering if it's possible to disable automatic sorting of the first column of a table?

My code is as follows:

/* Default class modification */ $.extend( $.fn.dataTableExt.oStdClasses, { "sWrapper": "dataTables_wrapper form-inline" } ); /* API method to get paging information */ $.fn.dataTableExt.oApi.fnPagingInfo = function ( oSettings ) { return { "iStart": oSettings._iDisplayStart, "iEnd": oSettings.fnDisplayEnd(), "iLength": oSettings._iDisplayLength, "iTotal": oSettings.fnRecordsTotal(), "iFilteredTotal": oSettings.fnRecordsDisplay(), "iPage": Math.ceil( oSettings._iDisplayStart / oSettings._iDisplayLength ), "iTotalPages": Math.ceil( oSettings.fnRecordsDisplay() / oSettings._iDisplayLength ) }; } /* Bootstrap style pagination control */ $.extend( $.fn.dataTableExt.oPagination, { "bootstrap": { "fnInit": function( oSettings, nPaging, fnDraw ) { var oLang = oSettings.oLanguage.oPaginate; var fnClickHandler = function ( e ) { e.preventDefault(); if ( oSettings.oApi._fnPageChange(oSettings, e.data.action) ) { fnDraw( oSettings ); } }; $(nPaging).addClass('pagination').append( '
'+ '
← '+oLang.sPrevious+'
'+ '
'+oLang.sNext+' → 
'+ '
' ); var els = $('a', nPaging); $(els[0]).bind( 'click.DT', { action: "previous" }, fnClickHandler ); $(els[1]).bind( 'click.DT', { action: "next" }, fnClickHandler ); }, "fnUpdate": function ( oSettings, fnDraw ) { var iListLength = 5; var oPaging = oSettings.oInstance.fnPagingInfo(); var an = oSettings.aanFeatures.p; var i, j, sClass, iStart, iEnd, iHalf=Math.floor(iListLength/2); if ( oPaging.iTotalPages < iListLength) { iStart = 1; iEnd = oPaging.iTotalPages; } else if ( oPaging.iPage <= iHalf ) { iStart = 1; iEnd = iListLength; } else if ( oPaging.iPage >= (oPaging.iTotalPages-iHalf) ) { iStart = oPaging.iTotalPages - iListLength + 1; iEnd = oPaging.iTotalPages; } else { iStart = oPaging.iPage - iHalf + 1; iEnd = iStart + iListLength - 1; } for ( i=0, iLen=an.length ; i'+j+'') .insertBefore( $('li:last', an[i])[0] ) .bind('click', function (e) { e.preventDefault(); oSettings._iDisplayStart = (parseInt($('a', this).text(),10)-1) * oPaging.iLength; fnDraw( oSettings ); } ); } // Add / remove disabled classes from the static elements if ( oPaging.iPage === 0 ) { $('li:first', an[i]).addClass('disabled'); } else { $('li:first', an[i]).removeClass('disabled'); } if ( oPaging.iPage === oPaging.iTotalPages-1 || oPaging.iTotalPages === 0 ) { $('li:last', an[i]).addClass('disabled'); } else { $('li:last', an[i]).removeClass('disabled'); } } } } }); /* Show/hide table column */ function dtShowHideCol( iCol ) { var oTable = $('#example-2').dataTable(); var bVis = oTable.fnSettings().aoColumns[iCol].bVisible; oTable.fnSetColumnVis( iCol, bVis ? false : true ); }; /* Table #example */ $(document).ready(function() { $('.datatable').dataTable( { "sDom": "<'row'<'span6'l><'span6'f>r>t<'row'<'span6'i><'span6'p>>", "sPaginationType": "bootstrap", "oLanguage": { "sLengthMenu": "_MENU_ records per page" }, "aoColumnDefs": [ { "bSortable": false, "aTargets": [ -1 ] // <-- gets last column and turns off sorting } ] }); $('.datatable-controls').on('click','li input',function(){ dtShowHideCol( $(this).val() ); }) });