# How do I change position of light source in a sub-editor?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-change-position-of-light-source-in-a-sub-editor/281180>\
**Category:** Community & Industry Discussion\
**Tags:** persona, sun, unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [April 21, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-change-position-of-light-source-in-a-sub-editor/281180 "2014-04-21T04:04:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![yaure](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@yaure](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/yaure)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-change-position-of-light-source-in-a-sub-editor/281180/1 "2014-04-21T04:04:46Z")

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Is there a way to change sun position in persona editor preview viewport ? By default there is huge sun reflection when we move camera to back of character. I don’t want to use unlit though. Can I change the “level map” used in it?  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_33800a51](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_33800a51](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_33800a51)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-change-position-of-light-source-in-a-sub-editor/281180/2 "2014-04-21T19:34:13Z")

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Hey yaure,

You can move position of light source in Persona Viewport by holding down the ‘L’ key and left-click and dragging.

Hope that helps!

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**Author:** ![Vinc3r](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Vinc3r](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Vinc3r)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-change-position-of-light-source-in-a-sub-editor/281180/3 "2021-06-01T14:56:58Z")

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Note: shortcuts are in doc: [Material Editor UI | Unreal Engine Documentation](https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/RenderingAndGraphics/Materials/Editor/Interface/) (Viewport Panel section)

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**Author:** ![littleclaude](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/littleclaude/32/1008648_2.png) [@littleclaude](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/littleclaude)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-change-position-of-light-source-in-a-sub-editor/281180/4 "2021-07-18T11:18:19Z")

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Perfect, just what I was looking for 🙂 can you change background colour? dark grey is not very helpful.

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**Author:** ![Jgxxxx](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Jgxxxx](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Jgxxxx)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-change-position-of-light-source-in-a-sub-editor/281180/5 "2025-03-08T18:59:31Z")

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any way to do this permanently? kinda annoying having to do it every time you start the editor