How to get action button index?

I have a table that has Row Selection and Cell selection set to None.

In that table I have a delete button created as an Action button. When I click it, I want to get the index of the row selected so I can delete the row.

However, I don't seem to be able to get it.

i = 0 (not sure why this doesn't work)
currentSourceRow returns me the data but not the index

In writing this I've realised I could change the currentSourceRow to include the index that I need.

However, in the interest of being able to build a generic way of doing this, it would be great to know if there is a way of getting the index of the button clicked and if not, could there be a currentSourceRowIndex (or equivalent) made available? I don't think one should need to actually "select" the row in order to locate the button clicked.

You can by using Advanced to select the row:
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Thanks Scott, hadn't seen that drop down so useful to know but as I said in my post, I don't feel I should need to select the row, I just want to be able to access "i"

Does it matter if you select the row? If, for whatever reason, it does; then clear the row selection after you're done using the index value...(for now)

Sorry, yes that would be fine as a workaround. I haven't tried it but I thought it might not work well with the None setting of the table or it might flash the row selection temporarily.

I opted to add the "i" value into the original data source. I was just raising it as I felt knowing the index of the clicked button was probably common enough that a workaround shouldn't be required and if it requires a workaround, it's less intuitive for new developers.

Fair - perhaps post as a Feature request then

Deleting data by index number sounds like a bad idea. Any sorting you apply to the table may confuse everything. Can you share where you pulled the data from and what kind of deletion you want to perform?

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In principle I agree with you. In this case there is no sorting but I don't think that's really the point.

The point is that I was trying to find out the row index of the button that I clicked. Whether that be for deletion or some other use case, I thought that would be possible and commonly wanted but maybe I'm wrong.

Maybe for the unintended consequence that you're highlighting they deliberately didn't allow it.

I would still like to know why the i value is always 0 though.

I think they thought selectedRow would be enough. It would be better if there is a native way to do this but if you are still willing to find the row index, the most practical solution is with the find method by any unique column.

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Thanks everyone for the helpful input & solutions! We've also recorded this as a bug, so I'll post here if I get any updates