Maintenance script: UI Lua API import (WAR 1.4.8)

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UI Lua API import (WAR 1.4.8)

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{{LuaApi|group=Game}}
Returns the numeric id of a key-bindable action, given its name.

<pre>
actionId = GetActionIdFromName(actionName)
</pre>

== Arguments ==
;actionName : <code>string</code> – Name of the action.

== Returns ==
;actionId : <code>number</code> – Id of the action, from 0 to 249, or <code>65535</code> if no action has that name.

== Details ==
* The name is compared with the client's list of 250 action names without regard to case.
* An unknown name is not an error. It returns <code>65535</code>.
* [[API:GetActionNameFromId|GetActionNameFromId]] does the reverse lookup.

== Errors ==
None.

== Example ==
Making an action button trigger its game action, from <code>ea_actionbars/source/actionbutton.lua</code>:
<pre>
WindowSetGameActionTrigger (windowName, GetActionIdFromName (actionButton:GetActionName ()))
</pre>

== See also ==
* [[API:GetActionNameFromId|GetActionNameFromId]]
* [[API:GetBindingsForAction|GetBindingsForAction]]
* [[API:WindowSetGameActionTrigger|WindowSetGameActionTrigger]]

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Maintenance script: UI Lua API import (WAR 1.4.8)