Title: Hidden Columns Appearing for Split Second
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Hidden Columns Appearing for Split Second

 *  Resolved [dmurphyca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmurphyca/)
 * (@dmurphyca)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-columns-appearing-for-split-second/)
 * Hi Tobias,
 * New problem I’m dealing with and couldn’t find any other support topics on it.
 * I’m hiding columns in the table but I still need to search the content from the
   hidden columns. I’ve been using this Custom Command I found in another support
   ticket:
    “aoColumnDefs”: [ { “bVisible”: false, “aTargets”: [ 3,4,5,6 ] } ]
 * It works great for searching the hidden content, however I notice that when the
   page first opens or I refresh it, all the columns (including the hidden ones)
   appear for a split second and make the table jump from one size to another.
 * Is there anyway to avoid this? It just looks a little odd to see the table freak
   out when the page first loads.
 * Here is the page it appears on: [http://www.commonagenda.co/2014/table/](http://www.commonagenda.co/2014/table/)
 * Best,
 * Daniel
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-columns-appearing-for-split-second/#post-5210378)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * This is a result from how the JS library works. Additionally to hiding it via
   the JS command, you can hide it with this “Custom CSS” (on the “Plugin Options”
   screen). With that, it should never be visible.
 *     ```
       .tablepress-id-6 .column-4,
       .tablepress-id-6 .column-5,
       .tablepress-id-6 .column-6,
       .tablepress-id-6 .column-7 {
         display: none;
       }
       ```
   
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [dmurphyca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmurphyca/)
 * (@dmurphyca)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-columns-appearing-for-split-second/#post-5210380)
 * You’re the best Tobias. Works perfectly. Hidden content is still searchable and
   no longer loading that split second before hiding. Thank you very much for the
   help.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-columns-appearing-for-split-second/#post-5210382)
 * Hi,
 * no problem, you are very welcome! 🙂 Good to hear that this helped!
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias
 * P.S.: In case you haven’t, please [rate TablePress](https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/tablepress)
   here in the plugin directory. Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [dmurphyca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmurphyca/)
 * (@dmurphyca)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-columns-appearing-for-split-second/#post-5210386)
 * Rated and raved! Keep up the great work Tobias.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-columns-appearing-for-split-second/#post-5210387)
 * Hi,
 * thanks, I really appreciate it! 🙂
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-columns-appearing-for-split-second/#post-5210387)
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