/** * This plug-in will read the text from the header cell of a column, returning * that value. * * @name column().title() * @summary Get the title of a column * @author Alejandro Navarro * @requires DataTables 1.10+ * * @returns {String} Column title * * @example * // Read the title text of column index 3 * var table = $('#example').DataTable(); * table.column( 3 ).title(); */ $.fn.dataTable.Api.register( 'column().title()', function () { var colheader = this.header(); return $(colheader).text().trim(); } );