How to specifiy a column min-width?

Question

How can I specify a min-width for a column in DataTables?

I can't use a class with className because the width is variable. The width option isn't sufficient. There doesn't appear to be a style option.

Answer 1

I would still recommend to use a class name or multiple class names and columns.className option to keep CSS rules where they belong - in CSS files.

However if you want to assign min-width value at run-time, you can use createdRow option to define a callback for whenever a TR element is created for the table's body.

var table = $('#example').DataTable({
   'createdRow': function(row, data, dataIndex){
      $('td:eq(3)', row).css('min-width', '200px');
   }
});

See this example for code and demonstration.