How to hide jQuery datatables

Question

How do I to hide jQuery datatables, when I want to toggle the datatable's visibility? The problem is if I write hide statement it only hides the rows, not the headers and footer. How can I hide datatable fully?

For hiding, I used the below code:

 var oTable = $('#example').dataTable(); // 'example is the table id'
 oTable.hide();

@Rob : Yes it also gives same result – Rajaram Shelar Apr 05 '13 at 07:10 — Rajaram Shelar, Apr 05 '13 at 07:10

score 23 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 05 '13 at 07:15

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Try this

$('#example').parents('div.dataTables_wrapper').first().hide();

answered Apr 05 '13 at 07:15

msapkal

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score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 23 '15 at 11:31

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i think the best way is to include the table inside a div and hide the div

 <div id='divTable'>
     <table>
     </table>
 </div>

 $('#divTable').hide();

answered Mar 23 '15 at 11:31

badr slaoui

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 04 '17 at 12:43

For me (and I know this is a wierd need) I needed to hide the main table but keep the results (i.e. X results of X filtered).

$('div.dataTables_wrapper thead,div.dataTables_wrapper tbody').hide();

The above fixed it for me. If you have a footer you would need to add ,div.dataTables_wrapper tfoot as well.

How to hide jQuery datatables

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