DataTables: Cannot read property style of undefined

Question

I am getting this error with the following:

jquery.dataTables.js:4089 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property \'style\' of undefined(…)
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Answer 1

You said any suggestions wold be helpful, so currently I resolved my DataTables "cannot read property 'style' of undefined" problem but my problem was basically using wrong indexes at data table initiation phase's columnDefs section. I got 9 columns and the indexes are 0, 1, 2, .. , 8 but I was using indexes for 9 and 10 so after fixing the wrong index issue the fault has disappeared. I hope this helps.

In short, you got to watch your columns amount and indexes if consistent everywhere.

Buggy Code:

    jQuery('#table').DataTable({
        "ajax": {
            url: "something_url",
            type: 'POST'
        },
        "processing": true,
        "serverSide": true,
        "bPaginate": true,
        "sPaginationType": "full_numbers",
        "columns": [
            { "data": "cl1" },
            { "data": "cl2" },
            { "data": "cl3" },
            { "data": "cl4" },
            { "data": "cl5" },
            { "data": "cl6" },
            { "data": "cl7" },
            { "data": "cl8" },
            { "data": "cl9" }
        ],
        columnDefs: [
            { orderable: false, targets: [ 7, 9, 10 ] } //This part was wrong
        ]
    });

Fixed Code:

    jQuery('#table').DataTable({
        "ajax": {
            url: "something_url",
            type: 'POST'
        },
        "processing": true,
        "serverSide": true,
        "bPaginate": true,
        "sPaginationType": "full_numbers",
        "columns": [
            { "data": "cl1" },
            { "data": "cl2" },
            { "data": "cl3" },
            { "data": "cl4" },
            { "data": "cl5" },
            { "data": "cl6" },
            { "data": "cl7" },
            { "data": "cl8" },
            { "data": "cl9" }
        ],
        columnDefs: [
            { orderable: false, targets: [ 5, 7, 8 ] } //This part is ok now
        ]
    });