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GetSlotCooldownInfo

ESO Lua API function — used by 42 of the 3,030 addons we indexed (combined 14,103,318 downloads). Signature from the official ESOUIDocumentation.txt, API version 101050.

Official signature

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

Returns: integer remain, integer duration, bool global, globalSlotType

Real usage — from Action Duration Reminder

  if l.getSavedVars().barShowInQuickslot then
    local remain,duration, global = GetSlotCooldownInfo(GetCurrentQuickslot(),HOTBAR_CATEGORY_QUICKSLOT_WHEEL)
    if remain>0 and not global then

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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Harven's Potions Alert112,873