ESODecoded

GetSlotBoundId

ESO Lua API function — used by 137 of the 3,030 addons we indexed (combined 31,886,303 downloads). Signature from the official ESOUIDocumentation.txt, API version 101050.

Official signature

GetSlotBoundId(luaindex actionSlotIndex, [HotBarCategory|#HotBarCategory]:nilable hotbarCategory)

Returns: integer actionId

Real usage — from Action Duration Reminder

    local oldestAction = action:getOldest()
    local currentId = GetSlotBoundId(oldestAction.slotNum)
    local currentAbility = models.newAbility(currentId,models.patchAbilityName(GetSlotName(oldestAction.slotNum)),'')

Short excerpt from the shipping addon Action Duration Reminderits ESOUI page; the code belongs to its author. Shown because documentation without a working example is half a reference.

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Action Duration Reminder6,522,011
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