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GetSlotName

ESO Lua API function — used by 30 of the 3,030 addons we indexed (combined 12,100,199 downloads). Signature from the official ESOUIDocumentation.txt, API version 101050.

Official signature

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

Returns: string name

Real usage — from Action Duration Reminder

    local currentId = GetSlotBoundId(oldestAction.slotNum)
    local currentAbility = models.newAbility(currentId,models.patchAbilityName(GetSlotName(oldestAction.slotNum)),'')
    if oldestAction:matchesAbility(currentAbility) 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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Assist Rapid Riding629,563