Can I access the TableState in a RAC table?

[lixiaoyan]

I tried useContext(TableStateContext) but no luck.
I'd want to use the state.collection.columnCount to implement something like colSpan="full".

[snowystinger]

Can you show how you tried to use it? My guess is outside the RAC Column, based on what you're trying to accomplish. You can use it inside the Column. This is a limitation of the Collection APIs #8831 (comment)

To support something like this, you might be able to use a custom renderer https://web.archive.org/web/20250710230918/https://react-spectrum.adobe.com/react-aria/collections.html#advanced-custom-collection-renderers

[rilescode]

@lixiaoyan I am running into the same issue with trying to access the TableStateContext.collection (but am able to access it from within Column per @snowystinger's comment). Did you end up using a custom renderer for this?

The other solution that comes to mind is to wrap the table in a custom context, read the collection from inside Column (where it’s available), write it into my context, and then read it back from the parent where I need it.