Delete the ordering icons for good

Author: mwouts

packages/dt_for_itables/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 2.3.2+dev
+
+- We have made sure that the ordering icons on empty headers do not reappear when ordering a column
+
 # 2.3.2 (2025-05-17)
 
 - We have fixed an issue with `selected_rows` when `filtered_row_count` was not explicitly set.

packages/dt_for_itables/src/index.js

@@ -126,10 +126,7 @@ class ITable {
                         else if (jQuery(this).find('span.dt-column-title').text() === '' && jQuery(this).find('span.dt-column-title').children().length === 0) {
                             // Remove the sorting icon on empty headers
                             jQuery(this).attr('data-dt-order', 'disable');
-                            // Remove any children with the 'dt-column-order' class
-                            jQuery(this).children('.dt-column-order').remove();
-                            // Remove the dt-orderable-asc and dt-orderable-desc classes
-                            jQuery(this).removeClass('dt-orderable-asc dt-orderable-desc');
+                            jQuery(this).empty();
                         }
                         else {
                             // Apply the icon-only data-dt-order attribute