Preamble

The default activation (showing the columns list) for ColVis is for the user to click the button. This can be altered to a 'mouseover' activation by making use of the oColVis.activate DataTables initialisation value and setting it to "mouseover". This is shown in the example below.

Live example

Rendering engine	Browser	Platform(s)	Engine version	CSS grade
Rendering engine	Browser	Platform(s)	Engine version	CSS grade
Trident	Internet Explorer 4.0	Win 95+ (Entity: &)	4	X
Trident	Internet Explorer 5.0	Win 95+	5	C
Trident	Internet Explorer 5.5	Win 95+	5.5	A
Trident	Internet Explorer 6	Win 98+	6	A
Trident	Internet Explorer 7	Win XP SP2+	7	A
Trident	AOL browser (AOL desktop)	Win XP	6	A
Gecko (UTF-8: $¢€)	Firefox 1.0	Win 98+ / OSX.2+	1.7	A
Gecko	Firefox 1.5	Win 98+ / OSX.2+	1.8	A
Gecko	Firefox 2.0	Win 98+ / OSX.2+	1.8	A
Gecko	Firefox 3.0	Win 2k+ / OSX.3+	1.9	A
Gecko	Camino 1.0	OSX.2+	1.8	A
Gecko	Camino 1.5	OSX.3+	1.8	A
Gecko	Netscape 7.2	Win 95+ / Mac OS 8.6-9.2	1.7	A
Gecko	Netscape Browser 8	Win 98SE+	1.7	A
Gecko	Netscape Navigator 9	Win 98+ / OSX.2+	1.8	A
Gecko	Mozilla 1.0	Win 95+ / OSX.1+	1	A
Gecko	Mozilla 1.1	Win 95+ / OSX.1+	1.1	A
Gecko	Mozilla 1.2	Win 95+ / OSX.1+	1.2	A
Gecko	Mozilla 1.3	Win 95+ / OSX.1+	1.3	A
Gecko	Mozilla 1.4	Win 95+ / OSX.1+	1.4	A
Gecko	Mozilla 1.5	Win 95+ / OSX.1+	1.5	A
Gecko	Mozilla 1.6	Win 95+ / OSX.1+	1.6	A
Gecko	Mozilla 1.7	Win 98+ / OSX.1+	1.7	A
Gecko	Mozilla 1.8	Win 98+ / OSX.1+	1.8	A
Gecko	Seamonkey 1.1	Win 98+ / OSX.2+	1.8	A
Gecko	Epiphany 2.20	Gnome	1.8	A
Webkit	Safari 1.2	OSX.3	125.5	A
Webkit	Safari 1.3	OSX.3	312.8	A
Webkit	Safari 2.0	OSX.4+	419.3	A
Webkit	Safari 3.0	OSX.4+	522.1	A
Webkit	OmniWeb 5.5	OSX.4+	420	A
Webkit	iPod Touch / iPhone	iPod	420.1	A
Webkit	S60	S60	413	A
Presto	Opera 7.0	Win 95+ / OSX.1+	-	A
Presto	Opera 7.5	Win 95+ / OSX.2+	-	A
Presto	Opera 8.0	Win 95+ / OSX.2+	-	A
Presto	Opera 8.5	Win 95+ / OSX.2+	-	A
Presto	Opera 9.0	Win 95+ / OSX.3+	-	A
Presto	Opera 9.2	Win 88+ / OSX.3+	-	A
Presto	Opera 9.5	Win 88+ / OSX.3+	-	A
Presto	Opera for Wii	Wii	-	A
Presto	Nokia N800	N800	-	A
Presto	Nintendo DS browser	Nintendo DS	8.5	C/A1
KHTML	Konqureror 3.1	KDE 3.1	3.1	C
KHTML	Konqureror 3.3	KDE 3.3	3.3	A
KHTML	Konqureror 3.5	KDE 3.5	3.5	A
Tasman	Internet Explorer 4.5	Mac OS 8-9	-	X
Tasman	Internet Explorer 5.1	Mac OS 7.6-9	1	C
Tasman	Internet Explorer 5.2	Mac OS 8-X	1	C
Misc	NetFront 3.1	Embedded devices	-	C
Misc	NetFront 3.4	Embedded devices	-	A
Misc	Dillo 0.8	Embedded devices	-	X
Misc	Links	Text only	-	X
Misc	Lynx	Text only	-	X
Misc	IE Mobile	Windows Mobile 6	-	C
Misc	PSP browser	PSP	-	C
Other browsers	All others	-	-	U

Examples

• Basic initialisation
• Activate with a mouseover rather than click
• Custom text in the button
• Using with jQuery UI ThemeRoller
• Excluding columns from the show / hide list
• Two tables initialised together - individual controls
• Two tables initialised together - shared control
• Alternative styling and reset to original
• Customisation of the button label with a callback

Initialisation code

$(document).ready( function () {
	$('#example').dataTable( {
		"sDom": 'C<"clear">lfrtip',
		"oColVis": {
			"activate": "mouseover"
		}
	} );
} );