To use the tableActions named child:
The tableActions named child is used to insert a component for performing actions on the table that are independent of row selection. The inserted child component displays above the column header. The preferred child component you can insert are button, messageChoice, pageButtonbar, or submitButton.
...
<tableActions>
<messageChoice prompt="Prompt 1" name="messageChoice1">
<contents>
<option text="option 2"/>
<option text="option 3"/>
</contents>
<end>
<button text="Copy"/>
</end>
</messageChoice>
</tableActions>
...
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