GetActionCooldown

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Added in 1.1.0 / 1.13.2

Retrieves the cooldown data of the action specified.

start, duration, enable, modRate = GetActionCooldown(slot)

Parameters

Arguments

slot 

Integer - The action slot to retrieve data from.

Returns

start, duration, enable, modRate

start 

Number - The time at which the current cooldown period began (relative to the result of GetTime), or 0 if the cooldown is not active or not applicable.

duration 

Number - The duration of the current cooldown period in seconds, or 0 if the cooldown is not active or not applicable.

enable 

Number - Indicate if cooldown is enabled, is greater than 0 if a cooldown could be active, and 0 if a cooldown cannot be active. This lets you know when a shapeshifting form has ended and the actual countdown has started.

modRate 

Number - The rate at which the cooldown widget's animation should be updated.

Example

local start, duration, enable, modRate = GetActionCooldown(slot);
if ( start == 0 ) then
	-- do stuff when cooldown is not active
else
	-- do stuff when cooldown is under effect
end

Patch changes

• Patch 7.1.0 / API (2016-10-25): The modRate return value was added.
  
• Patch 6.2.0 / API (2015-06-23): The charges and maxCharges return values were removed. They were moved to GetActionCharges.