diff --git a/Sources/MarkdownText/UI/TableView.swift b/Sources/MarkdownText/UI/TableView.swift
index 84579b06..120a0b9e 100644
--- a/Sources/MarkdownText/UI/TableView.swift
+++ b/Sources/MarkdownText/UI/TableView.swift
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ struct TableView: View {
 
   var body: some View {
     VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 0) {
-      if controller != nil {
+      if controller?.handlesTableActions == true {
         scrollView.onTapGesture {
           withAnimation(.easeInOut(duration: 0.2)) {
             isExpanded.toggle()
diff --git a/Sources/MarkdownText/Utilities/MarkdownListener.swift b/Sources/MarkdownText/Utilities/MarkdownListener.swift
index e3a75f0d..10e91b86 100644
--- a/Sources/MarkdownText/Utilities/MarkdownListener.swift
+++ b/Sources/MarkdownText/Utilities/MarkdownListener.swift
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ public final class MarkdownController: ObservableObject {
     self.listener = listener
   }
 
+  /// Whether table copy/download taps reach a listener. `TableView` shows its
+  /// action controls only when this is `true`.
+  var handlesTableActions: Bool {
+    listener != nil
+  }
+
   /// Request presentation of the full-document text selection modal.
   func requestTextSelection() {
     isTextSelectionRequested = true
diff --git a/Tests/MarkdownTextTests/TableActionsTests.swift b/Tests/MarkdownTextTests/TableActionsTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a46f1498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/MarkdownTextTests/TableActionsTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+//
+//  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+//  Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the project root for license information.
+//
+
+@testable import SwiftStreamingMarkdown
+import XCTest
+
+final class TableActionsTests: XCTestCase {
+
+  func test_controller_without_listener_does_not_handle_table_actions() {
+    let controller = MarkdownController(listener: nil)
+    XCTAssertFalse(controller.handlesTableActions)
+  }
+
+  func test_controller_with_listener_handles_table_actions() {
+    let controller = MarkdownController(listener: NoOpMarkdownListener())
+    XCTAssertTrue(controller.handlesTableActions)
+  }
+}
+
+/// `MarkdownListener` that ignores every event.
+private struct NoOpMarkdownListener: MarkdownListener {
+  func onRender(markdown: RenderableDocument) async {}
+  func onTableCopyTap(content: String) async {}
+  func onTableDownloadTap(content: String) async {}
+  func onContextMenuAppear(id: String, selectedContent: String) async {}
+  func onContextMenuTap(id: String, selectedContent: String) async {}
+  func onImageTap(image: MarkdownImage) async {}
+}