Editor dialog: how to return a table

Questions
1

Is it possible to make a dialog return a table? i tried making it a hook inside the component:

local quick_config, set_quick_config = editor.ui.use_state(function() return {} end)
return editor.ui.dialog({
    ...
    editor.ui.button({
        text = "Quick Configuration Setup",
        icon = editor.ui.ICON.OPEN_RESOURCE,
        alignment = editor.ui.ALIGNMENT.RIGHT,
        column_span = 2,
        on_pressed = function()
            local result = editor.ui.show_dialog(quick_config_dialog({
                ids = unfold.GetDistinctID(props.scene_path)
            })) -- uses a regular table initializied inside the component and can return it as expected
            if type(result) == "table" then
                set_quick_config(toggle, result)
                set_config_path(toggle, "Quick Configuration")
            end
        end
    }),
    buttons = {
        editor.ui.dialog_button({
            text = "Cancel",
            default = false
        }),
        editor.ui.dialog_button({
            text = "Create Collection",
            -- quick_config gets another table id as if it was reset
            result = { quick_config = quick_config, output_name = output_name, config_path = config_path },
            default = true,
            enabled = config_path ~= ""
        }),
    }
})

this doesnt work, its as if the table changes id when the dialog is closed, since the return value doesnt carry over. The result is still a table, but a different one with none of the expected fields.

2

It seems this whole thing of the table changing id only happens when you call a function that changes any hook’s state. I uploaded the code here: GitHub - Caue-Aron/Unfold: Defold extension to convert GLTF scenes into Defold's collection