WoW:API GetActionText: Difference between revisions

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Gets the text label for an action.

text = GetActionText(actionSlot)

Arguments

Returns

The action's text, if present. Macro actions use their names for their action text.
nil, if the slot has no action text, or is empty. Most standard WoW action icons don't have action text.

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-<center>'''GetActionText''' - ''Documentation by [[User:Flickering|Flickering]]''</center>
+{{wowapi}} __NOTOC__
-Get the text label for an action.
+Gets the text label for an action.
+ text = GetActionText(actionSlot)
- text = GetActionText(actionSlot)
 == Parameters ==
-=== Arguments ===
+<big>'''Arguments'''</big>
-:(actionSlot)
-:;actionSlot : Numeric - The slot number of the action to query.
-=== Returns ===
-:text
-:;text : String - If the action has a text label (such as macro actions), then the label is returned. nil is returned for slots with no label as well as for empty slots.
+:;actionSlot - [[ActionSlot]] : The queried slot.
---[[User:Dekstra|Dekstra]] 12:29, 19 April 2006 (EDT)<br>
+<big>'''Returns'''</big>
-''Seems to be returning nil for slots with macros in 1.10. To reproduce the test, place any macro button in any slot, and call:''
- /script if (GetActionText([slot])==nil) then ChatFrame1:AddMessage("Action text in that slot is nil"); end;
-----
+:;text - String
-__NOTOC__
+:* The action's text, if present.  Macro actions use their names for their action text.
-{{Template:WoW API}}
+:* nil, if the slot has no action text, or is empty.  Most standard WoW action icons don't have action text.