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#### Columns Reorder

Basic initialisation of DataTables

##### Basic Column Reorder

This example shows the basic use case of the ColReorder plugin. With ColReorder enabled for a table, the user has the ability to click and drag any table header cell, and drop it where they wish the column to be inserted. The insert point is shown visually, and the column reordering is done as soon as the mouse button is released. ColReorder is added to a DataTable through the R character added to the dom.

Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2028/04/25 | $320,800 | Tiger Nixon
Garrett Winters | Accountant | Tokyo | 63 | 2028/07/25 | $170,750
Ashton Cox | Junior Technical Author | San Francisco | 66 | 2026/01/12 | $86,000
Cedric Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | 2029/03/29 | $433,060
Airi Satou | Accountant | Tokyo | 33 | 2025/11/28 | $162,700
Brielle Williamson | Integration Specialist | New York | 61 | 2029/12/02 | $372,000
Herrod Chandler | Sales Assistant | San Francisco | 59 | 2029/08/06 | $137,500
Rhona Davidson | Integration Specialist | Tokyo | 55 | 2027/10/14 | $327,900
Colleen Hurst | Javascript Developer | San Francisco | 39 | 2026/09/15 | $205,500
Sonya Frost | Software Engineer | Edinburgh | 23 | 2025/12/13 | $103,600
Jena Gaines | Office Manager | London | 30 | 2025/12/19 | $90,560
Quinn Flynn | Support Lead | Edinburgh | 22 | 2025/03/03 | $342,000
Charde Marshall | Regional Director | San Francisco | 36 | 2025/10/16 | $470,600
Haley Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 43 | 2029/12/18 | $313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | London | 19 | 2027/03/17 | $385,750
Michael Silva | Marketing Designer | London | 66 | 2029/11/27 | $198,500
Paul Byrd | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | New York | 64 | 2027/06/09 | $725,000
Gloria Little | Systems Administrator | New York | 59 | 2026/04/10 | $237,500
Bradley Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | 2029/10/13 | $132,000
Dai Rios | Personnel Lead | Edinburgh | 35 | 2029/09/26 | $217,500
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | New York | 30 | 2028/09/03 | $345,000
Yuri Berry | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | New York | 40 | 2026/06/25 | $675,000
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2028/12/12 | $106,450
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | Sidney | 23 | 2027/09/20 | $85,600
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2026/10/09 | $1,200,000
Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2027/12/22 | $92,575
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | Singapore | 28 | 2027/11/14 | $357,650
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2028/06/07 | $206,850
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | San Francisco | 48 | 2027/03/11 | $850,000
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | Tokyo | 20 | 2028/08/14 | $163,000
Michelle House | Integration Specialist | Sidney | 37 | 2028/06/02 | $95,400
Suki Burks | Developer | London | 53 | 2026/10/22 | $114,500
Prescott Bartlett | Technical Author | London | 27 | 2028/05/07 | $145,000
Gavin Cortez | Team Leader | San Francisco | 22 | 2025/10/26 | $235,500
Martena Mccray | Post-Sales support | Edinburgh | 46 | 2028/03/09 | $324,050
Unity Butler | Marketing Designer | San Francisco | 47 | 2026/12/09 | $85,675
Howard Hatfield | Office Manager | San Francisco | 51 | 2025/12/16 | $164,500
Hope Fuentes | Secretary | San Francisco | 41 | 2027/02/12 | $109,850
Vivian Harrell | Financial Controller | San Francisco | 62 | 2026/02/14 | $452,500
Timothy Mooney | Office Manager | London | 37 | 2025/12/11 | $136,200
Jackson Bradshaw | Director | New York | 65 | 2025/09/26 | $645,750
Olivia Liang | Support Engineer | Singapore | 64 | 2028/02/03 | $234,500
Bruno Nash | Software Engineer | London | 38 | 2028/05/03 | $163,500
Sakura Yamamoto | Support Engineer | Tokyo | 37 | 2026/08/19 | $139,575
Thor Walton | Developer | New York | 61 | 2025/08/11 | $98,540
Finn Camacho | Support Engineer | San Francisco | 47 | 2026/07/07 | $87,500
Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | Singapore | 64 | 2029/04/09 | $138,575
Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | New York | 63 | 2027/01/04 | $125,250
Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2029/06/01 | $115,000
Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2025/02/01 | $75,650
Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2028/12/06 | $145,600
Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2028/03/21 | $356,250
Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2026/02/27 | $103,500
Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2027/07/14 | $86,500
Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2025/11/13 | $183,000
Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2028/06/27 | $183,000
Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2028/01/25 | $112,000
Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary

##### Realtime Updating

While the ColReorder insertion point indicator can be styled, another option to show the end user what the column will look like when the table has been reordered is to actually do the reordering while the mouse is still dragging the column header. This is shown in this example and is controlled by the realtime parameter.

Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2028/04/25 | $320,800 | Tiger Nixon
Garrett Winters | Accountant | Tokyo | 63 | 2028/07/25 | $170,750
Ashton Cox | Junior Technical Author | San Francisco | 66 | 2026/01/12 | $86,000
Cedric Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | 2029/03/29 | $433,060
Airi Satou | Accountant | Tokyo | 33 | 2025/11/28 | $162,700
Brielle Williamson | Integration Specialist | New York | 61 | 2029/12/02 | $372,000
Herrod Chandler | Sales Assistant | San Francisco | 59 | 2029/08/06 | $137,500
Rhona Davidson | Integration Specialist | Tokyo | 55 | 2027/10/14 | $327,900
Colleen Hurst | Javascript Developer | San Francisco | 39 | 2026/09/15 | $205,500
Sonya Frost | Software Engineer | Edinburgh | 23 | 2025/12/13 | $103,600
Jena Gaines | Office Manager | London | 30 | 2025/12/19 | $90,560
Quinn Flynn | Support Lead | Edinburgh | 22 | 2025/03/03 | $342,000
Charde Marshall | Regional Director | San Francisco | 36 | 2025/10/16 | $470,600
Haley Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 43 | 2029/12/18 | $313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | London | 19 | 2027/03/17 | $385,750
Michael Silva | Marketing Designer | London | 66 | 2029/11/27 | $198,500
Paul Byrd | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | New York | 64 | 2027/06/09 | $725,000
Gloria Little | Systems Administrator | New York | 59 | 2026/04/10 | $237,500
Bradley Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | 2029/10/13 | $132,000
Dai Rios | Personnel Lead | Edinburgh | 35 | 2029/09/26 | $217,500
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | New York | 30 | 2028/09/03 | $345,000
Yuri Berry | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | New York | 40 | 2026/06/25 | $675,000
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2028/12/12 | $106,450
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | Sidney | 23 | 2027/09/20 | $85,600
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2026/10/09 | $1,200,000
Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2027/12/22 | $92,575
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | Singapore | 28 | 2027/11/14 | $357,650
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2028/06/07 | $206,850
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | San Francisco | 48 | 2027/03/11 | $850,000
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | Tokyo | 20 | 2028/08/14 | $163,000
Michelle House | Integration Specialist | Sidney | 37 | 2028/06/02 | $95,400
Suki Burks | Developer | London | 53 | 2026/10/22 | $114,500
Prescott Bartlett | Technical Author | London | 27 | 2028/05/07 | $145,000
Gavin Cortez | Team Leader | San Francisco | 22 | 2025/10/26 | $235,500
Martena Mccray | Post-Sales support | Edinburgh | 46 | 2028/03/09 | $324,050
Unity Butler | Marketing Designer | San Francisco | 47 | 2026/12/09 | $85,675
Howard Hatfield | Office Manager | San Francisco | 51 | 2025/12/16 | $164,500
Hope Fuentes | Secretary | San Francisco | 41 | 2027/02/12 | $109,850
Vivian Harrell | Financial Controller | San Francisco | 62 | 2026/02/14 | $452,500
Timothy Mooney | Office Manager | London | 37 | 2025/12/11 | $136,200
Jackson Bradshaw | Director | New York | 65 | 2025/09/26 | $645,750
Olivia Liang | Support Engineer | Singapore | 64 | 2028/02/03 | $234,500
Bruno Nash | Software Engineer | London | 38 | 2028/05/03 | $163,500
Sakura Yamamoto | Support Engineer | Tokyo | 37 | 2026/08/19 | $139,575
Thor Walton | Developer | New York | 61 | 2025/08/11 | $98,540
Finn Camacho | Support Engineer | San Francisco | 47 | 2026/07/07 | $87,500
Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | Singapore | 64 | 2029/04/09 | $138,575
Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | New York | 63 | 2027/01/04 | $125,250
Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2029/06/01 | $115,000
Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2025/02/01 | $75,650
Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2028/12/06 | $145,600
Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2028/03/21 | $356,250
Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2026/02/27 | $103,500
Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2027/07/14 | $86,500
Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2025/11/13 | $183,000
Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2028/06/27 | $183,000
Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2028/01/25 | $112,000
Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary

##### State Saving

A useful interaction pattern to use in DataTables is state saving, so when the end user reloads or revisits a page its previous state is retained. ColReorder works seamlessly with state saving in DataTables (stateSave), remembering and restoring the column positions, as well as everything else such as sorting and filtering.

Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2028/04/25 | $320,800 | Tiger Nixon
Garrett Winters | Accountant | Tokyo | 63 | 2028/07/25 | $170,750
Ashton Cox | Junior Technical Author | San Francisco | 66 | 2026/01/12 | $86,000
Cedric Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | 2029/03/29 | $433,060
Airi Satou | Accountant | Tokyo | 33 | 2025/11/28 | $162,700
Brielle Williamson | Integration Specialist | New York | 61 | 2029/12/02 | $372,000
Herrod Chandler | Sales Assistant | San Francisco | 59 | 2029/08/06 | $137,500
Rhona Davidson | Integration Specialist | Tokyo | 55 | 2027/10/14 | $327,900
Colleen Hurst | Javascript Developer | San Francisco | 39 | 2026/09/15 | $205,500
Sonya Frost | Software Engineer | Edinburgh | 23 | 2025/12/13 | $103,600
Jena Gaines | Office Manager | London | 30 | 2025/12/19 | $90,560
Quinn Flynn | Support Lead | Edinburgh | 22 | 2025/03/03 | $342,000
Charde Marshall | Regional Director | San Francisco | 36 | 2025/10/16 | $470,600
Haley Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 43 | 2029/12/18 | $313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | London | 19 | 2027/03/17 | $385,750
Michael Silva | Marketing Designer | London | 66 | 2029/11/27 | $198,500
Paul Byrd | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | New York | 64 | 2027/06/09 | $725,000
Gloria Little | Systems Administrator | New York | 59 | 2026/04/10 | $237,500
Bradley Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | 2029/10/13 | $132,000
Dai Rios | Personnel Lead | Edinburgh | 35 | 2029/09/26 | $217,500
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | New York | 30 | 2028/09/03 | $345,000
Yuri Berry | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | New York | 40 | 2026/06/25 | $675,000
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2028/12/12 | $106,450
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | Sidney | 23 | 2027/09/20 | $85,600
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2026/10/09 | $1,200,000
Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2027/12/22 | $92,575
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | Singapore | 28 | 2027/11/14 | $357,650
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2028/06/07 | $206,850
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | San Francisco | 48 | 2027/03/11 | $850,000
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | Tokyo | 20 | 2028/08/14 | $163,000
Michelle House | Integration Specialist | Sidney | 37 | 2028/06/02 | $95,400
Suki Burks | Developer | London | 53 | 2026/10/22 | $114,500
Prescott Bartlett | Technical Author | London | 27 | 2028/05/07 | $145,000
Gavin Cortez | Team Leader | San Francisco | 22 | 2025/10/26 | $235,500
Martena Mccray | Post-Sales support | Edinburgh | 46 | 2028/03/09 | $324,050
Unity Butler | Marketing Designer | San Francisco | 47 | 2026/12/09 | $85,675
Howard Hatfield | Office Manager | San Francisco | 51 | 2025/12/16 | $164,500
Hope Fuentes | Secretary | San Francisco | 41 | 2027/02/12 | $109,850
Vivian Harrell | Financial Controller | San Francisco | 62 | 2026/02/14 | $452,500
Timothy Mooney | Office Manager | London | 37 | 2025/12/11 | $136,200
Jackson Bradshaw | Director | New York | 65 | 2025/09/26 | $645,750
Olivia Liang | Support Engineer | Singapore | 64 | 2028/02/03 | $234,500
Bruno Nash | Software Engineer | London | 38 | 2028/05/03 | $163,500
Sakura Yamamoto | Support Engineer | Tokyo | 37 | 2026/08/19 | $139,575
Thor Walton | Developer | New York | 61 | 2025/08/11 | $98,540
Finn Camacho | Support Engineer | San Francisco | 47 | 2026/07/07 | $87,500
Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | Singapore | 64 | 2029/04/09 | $138,575
Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | New York | 63 | 2027/01/04 | $125,250
Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2029/06/01 | $115,000
Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2025/02/01 | $75,650
Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2028/12/06 | $145,600
Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2028/03/21 | $356,250
Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2026/02/27 | $103,500
Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2027/07/14 | $86,500
Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2025/11/13 | $183,000
Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2028/06/27 | $183,000
Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2028/01/25 | $112,000
Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary

##### Predefined Column Ordering

ColReorder provides the ability to specify a column ordering which is not that of the HTML (which typically you will want) through the parameter colReorder.order. This is an array of integers with the column ordering you want. In this example columns are ordered on initalization this way: 1, 3, 2, 4, 0, 5, ordering functionality remains working even after predefined ordering.

Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2028/04/25 | $320,800 | Tiger Nixon
Garrett Winters | Accountant | Tokyo | 63 | 2028/07/25 | $170,750
Ashton Cox | Junior Technical Author | San Francisco | 66 | 2026/01/12 | $86,000
Cedric Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | 2029/03/29 | $433,060
Airi Satou | Accountant | Tokyo | 33 | 2025/11/28 | $162,700
Brielle Williamson | Integration Specialist | New York | 61 | 2029/12/02 | $372,000
Herrod Chandler | Sales Assistant | San Francisco | 59 | 2029/08/06 | $137,500
Rhona Davidson | Integration Specialist | Tokyo | 55 | 2027/10/14 | $327,900
Colleen Hurst | Javascript Developer | San Francisco | 39 | 2026/09/15 | $205,500
Sonya Frost | Software Engineer | Edinburgh | 23 | 2025/12/13 | $103,600
Jena Gaines | Office Manager | London | 30 | 2025/12/19 | $90,560
Quinn Flynn | Support Lead | Edinburgh | 22 | 2025/03/03 | $342,000
Charde Marshall | Regional Director | San Francisco | 36 | 2025/10/16 | $470,600
Haley Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 43 | 2029/12/18 | $313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | London | 19 | 2027/03/17 | $385,750
Michael Silva | Marketing Designer | London | 66 | 2029/11/27 | $198,500
Paul Byrd | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | New York | 64 | 2027/06/09 | $725,000
Gloria Little | Systems Administrator | New York | 59 | 2026/04/10 | $237,500
Bradley Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | 2029/10/13 | $132,000
Dai Rios | Personnel Lead | Edinburgh | 35 | 2029/09/26 | $217,500
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | New York | 30 | 2028/09/03 | $345,000
Yuri Berry | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | New York | 40 | 2026/06/25 | $675,000
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2028/12/12 | $106,450
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | Sidney | 23 | 2027/09/20 | $85,600
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2026/10/09 | $1,200,000
Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2027/12/22 | $92,575
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | Singapore | 28 | 2027/11/14 | $357,650
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2028/06/07 | $206,850
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | San Francisco | 48 | 2027/03/11 | $850,000
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | Tokyo | 20 | 2028/08/14 | $163,000
Michelle House | Integration Specialist | Sidney | 37 | 2028/06/02 | $95,400
Suki Burks | Developer | London | 53 | 2026/10/22 | $114,500
Prescott Bartlett | Technical Author | London | 27 | 2028/05/07 | $145,000
Gavin Cortez | Team Leader | San Francisco | 22 | 2025/10/26 | $235,500
Martena Mccray | Post-Sales support | Edinburgh | 46 | 2028/03/09 | $324,050
Unity Butler | Marketing Designer | San Francisco | 47 | 2026/12/09 | $85,675
Howard Hatfield | Office Manager | San Francisco | 51 | 2025/12/16 | $164,500
Hope Fuentes | Secretary | San Francisco | 41 | 2027/02/12 | $109,850
Vivian Harrell | Financial Controller | San Francisco | 62 | 2026/02/14 | $452,500
Timothy Mooney | Office Manager | London | 37 | 2025/12/11 | $136,200
Jackson Bradshaw | Director | New York | 65 | 2025/09/26 | $645,750
Olivia Liang | Support Engineer | Singapore | 64 | 2028/02/03 | $234,500
Bruno Nash | Software Engineer | London | 38 | 2028/05/03 | $163,500
Sakura Yamamoto | Support Engineer | Tokyo | 37 | 2026/08/19 | $139,575
Thor Walton | Developer | New York | 61 | 2025/08/11 | $98,540
Finn Camacho | Support Engineer | San Francisco | 47 | 2026/07/07 | $87,500
Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | Singapore | 64 | 2029/04/09 | $138,575
Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | New York | 63 | 2027/01/04 | $125,250
Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2029/06/01 | $115,000
Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2025/02/01 | $75,650
Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2028/12/06 | $145,600
Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2028/03/21 | $356,250
Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2026/02/27 | $103,500
Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2027/07/14 | $86,500
Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2025/11/13 | $183,000
Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2028/06/27 | $183,000
Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2028/01/25 | $112,000
Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary