Preamble

When working with DataTables over multiple pages it is often useful to set the initialisation defaults to common values (for example you might want to set sDom to a common value so all tables get the same layout). This can be done using the $.fn.dataTable.defaults object. This object will take all the same parameters as the DataTables initialisation object, but in this case you are setting the default for all future initialisations of DataTables.

This example shows the filtering and sorting features of DataTables being disabled by default, which is reflected in the table when it is initialised, as can be seen below.

Live example

Initialisation code

$(document).ready(function() {
	$.extend( $.fn.dataTable.defaults, {
		"bFilter": false,
		"bSort": false
	} );

	$('#example').dataTable();
} );

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