Tutorials & Reference#
- In-Depth Overview and tutorial: https://lxjk.github.io/2019/10/01/How-to-Make-Tools-in-U-E.html
- Github Repo: https://github.com/lxjk/ToolExample
- Creating An Editor Module: https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Creating_an_Editor_Module
- Customize Detail Pane: https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Customizing_detail_panels
- Component Visualizer: https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Component_Visualizers
- Custom Asset Picker: https://kasundevblog.wordpress.com/2015/10/07/creating-assets-with-support-of-a-custom-class-picker-unreal-engine-4
Helpful Tips#
testpropswill bring up UPropertyEditorTestObject that contains all base properties and the corresponding slate widgets- More slate samples: SWidgetGallery.h & AppFramework/STestSuite/SWizard/STableViewTesting/SLayoutExample
- PropertyModule is responsible for DetailPanel. In
StartupModule(), you register for extension to configure it - DetailCustomization is the property sheet customization
- Editor has Extender / extensibility hooks to plug into to expand functionality. To expose these points in the UI:
- Editor Preferences -> General -> Miscellaneous
- Check Developer Tools | Display UI Extension Points
- Extender's have functions to add populate the extender (e.g. create a toolbar button)
- You pass in MenuCreation functions as parameters b/c they get called on-demand lazily when the menu is being created
- Menu/UI creation proceeds as normal Slate UI.
- Look at Sequencer.cpp for samples
- Look at Paper2D as samples as well (everything related to it is a plugin & not core to the engine)
Code References#
- For a great reference point, start at:
Source/Editor/DetailCustomizations/Private/DetailCustomizations.cpp - For customizing a category:
Source/Editor/DetailCustomizations/Private/StaticMeshComponentDetails.h - To customize structs, use: derive from IPropertyTypeCustomization:
/Editor/DetailCustomizations/Private/SlateColorCustomization.h for reference - For component visualizers:
Source/Editor/ComponentVisualizers/
Last update:
2023-03-05
Created: 2019-04-25
Created: 2019-04-25