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Returns tracking info by index.

name, texture, active, category, nested = GetTrackingInfo(id)

Arguments[]

id
number - tracking type index, ascending from 1 to GetNumTrackingTypes().

Returns[]

name
string - Track name.
texture
number - fileID for the Track texture.
active
boolean - If the track is active, it will return 1 but otherwise nil.
category
string - Track category, returns "spell" if the tracking method is a spell in the spellbook or "other" if it's a static tracking method.
nested
number - Nesting level, returns -1 for items at the root level, TOWNSFOLK for items in the Townsfolk dropdown, and HUNTER_TRACKING for Hunter tracking spells.

Example[]

Gathers information for the first option on the tracking list and lists it in the default chatframe:

local name, texture, active, category = GetTrackingInfo(1); DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(name.." ("..category..")");

Lists all tracking methods, name and category in the default chatframe:

local count = GetNumTrackingTypes();
for i=1,count do 
	local name, texture, active, category = GetTrackingInfo(i);
	DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(name.." ("..category..")");
end

Details[]

  • If the player has tracking spells, those will only be accessible to this function after the player's spellbook has been loaded from the server: consider waiting for PLAYER_LOGIN before querying.
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