Can't override default value in reusable widget

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I’m in my first week in UE, using 5.4. I’m trying to create reusable widgets to build other reusable widgets on top of them, in my case:

  • create a reusable text widget WB_Base_Text(text and font size are parameters)

  • create a reusable button widget WB_Base_Button, it uses WB_Base_Text, therefore it has the same parameters.

When I create an instance of WB_Base_Button, I can’t override the default text it has, in other words, through the button I can’t override the text in WB_Base_Text it uses.

Judging by my debug console output, the default text value should be overridden, but it’s not. I took screenshots of the console output and widget structure.

What is even more strange, is when I create just an instance of WB_Base_Text, then I can change the text.

What do I miss?

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Hi and welcome to the community. It looks like you actually don’t change the text field only a variable. Add this to your SetText function from the last screenshot:

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Connect DefaultBaseText with InText. Good luck!

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Great thank you :hugs:, this indeed was the problem. Fortunately, figured myself out last evening by browsing what UE’s intellisense (aka “Context Sensitive” checkbox) and what functions it offers to use