(39) 's Extra Blueprint Nodes for You as a Plugin, No C++ Required!

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Dear Community,

Here is a reminder of some of the extra UMG nodes that are in my Victory Plugin, and available to you courtesy of our lovely UE4 Community Member @!

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Figure a quick explanation of these widgets is order, for those who aren’t sure of their usage.

Get First Widget Of Class
is just for conveniences sake.
If there is only ever one version of a particular widget at a (such as a menu screen), will get it as quickly as possible without having an existing reference to it.

Get Widget From Name
Exposes existing C++ function that the user widget class already had.

We use it in GB to create different screens that do not share a base class or layout through the same macros/function, without the need to pass along a reference to a particular.
Instead, the macro/function finds a Widget Switcher that uses the name “ScreenContainer” and continues.

Widget Get Children Of Class
Finds widgets of a certain class that are children to an existing widget.
They do not have to be direct children or visible.
If they are in the chain of widgets somewhere below the parent widget, the function will find them.

If you want to generate a bunch of similar entries in multiple lists, then assign them later, makes it very easy.

Widget Get Parent Of Class
Finds a widget of a certain class that is a parent to an existing widget.
They do not have to be a direct parent or visible.
It doesn’t matter how far down the chain of widgets you are when you call function - if the a widgets exists somewhere up the chain, it will find it.

one has been particularly useful in GB, allowing us to get a reference to the parent manager without passing around references or cycling through widgets of a similar class.

Widget Is Child Of
Exposes existing C++ function that the widget class already had.
Superseded by GetChildOfClass, but still might come in handy.