ESODecoded

GetDisplayName

ESO Lua API function — used by 451 of the 3,030 addons we indexed (combined 157,660,046 downloads). Signature from the official ESOUIDocumentation.txt, API version 101050.

Official signature

GetDisplayName()

Returns: string displayName

Real usage — from Dolgubon's Lazy Writ Crafter

		depositedItem = false
		if WritCreater:GetSettings().despawnBankerDeposits and (not(GetDisplayName() == "@Dolgubon") or not BankManagerRevived) then
			ZO_SharedInteraction:CloseChatterAndDismissAssistant()

Short excerpt from the shipping addon Dolgubon's Lazy Writ Crafterits ESOUI page; the code belongs to its author. Shown because documentation without a working example is half a reference.

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