Casting to widget blueprint

[Fredmastermind1]

Hello! I am new to Unreal Engine 5, and I am trying to create a simple with a inventory as well as some other things.
As you can see below, I have made an inventory as a user widget.

My problem is I am trying to hide the different items (hammer and keys), until the player collects the different items. So therefore I have created a variable for each item. And I’m trying to cast from my FirstPersonCharacter to the user widget, so that if I have the specific item, the picture of that item will be visible. But if the player doesn’t have that item, the item will not be shown.

But when I am trying to cast to the User Widget, i have to connect something to the object. But I have no idea what to connect to it. And nothing i have tried has worked.

What should I do?

I am happy do provide more information or pictures if needed.

I do realise that there is a chance that I am doing this entirely wrong. So if that is the case, I would be happy to change what I have done.

Thanks in advance

[ClockworkOcean]

When you construct the widget, you get a reference. You can use that directly, you probably don’t need to cast

[Fredmastermind1]

Sorry, but I don’t think i quite understand what you mean

[ClockworkOcean]

Well, if you want to set the variable, the widget must be on the screen, right?

You can’t set the variable if the widget doesn’t exist

[Fredmastermind1]

Ahhhh I understand what you mean now! And managed to get it working. Thanks for your help!!!