WoW API: GetActionCooldown

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Retrieves the cooldown data of the action specified.

start, duration, enable = GetActionCooldown(slot)

Parameters

Arguments

slot

Integer - The action slot to retrieve data from.

Returns

start, duration, enable

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 is 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.

Example

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