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();

Solution 1

Try this

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

Solution 2

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();