---
name: "triggerActivation"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Triggers"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": "global", "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/triggerActivation
revid: 378816
updated: 2026-06-30T23:55:03Z
---

# triggerActivation

*Command · Triggers · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Arma 2 v1.00*

Locality: arguments **global**

## Description

Returns trigger activation.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> The trigger could be [local](../topics/Multiplayer_Scripting.md#locality) or remote but the result returned by this command will be for the trigger activation set up locally on the client that executed the command. See [createTrigger](../commands/createTrigger.md) for more info.

## Syntax

```sqf
triggerActivation trigger
```

**Parameters:**

- `trigger`: [Object](../topics/Object.md)

**Returns:** [Array](../topics/Array.md) with [by, type, repeating, persistent]
- by: [String](../topics/String.md) - See [setTriggerActivation](../commands/setTriggerActivation.md)
- type: [String](../topics/String.md) - See [setTriggerActivation](../commands/setTriggerActivation.md)
- repeating: [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md) - See [setTriggerActivation](../commands/setTriggerActivation.md)
- persistent: [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md) Arma 3 v2.24 - See [setTriggerActivation](../commands/setTriggerActivation.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
_activation = triggerActivation someTrigger;
```

## See also

[setTriggerActivation](../commands/setTriggerActivation.md) · [triggerActivated](../commands/triggerActivated.md) · [triggerInterval](../commands/triggerInterval.md) · [setTriggerInterval](../commands/setTriggerInterval.md) · [enableSimulation](../commands/enableSimulation.md) · [simulationEnabled](../commands/simulationEnabled.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — triggerActivation](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/triggerActivation) (revision 378816).</sub>