How to sort UPROPERTY dropdown for UObject to show recently edited assets

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Is there any way to sort the objects show in the dropdown for a UObject* UPROPERTY?

I know we can filter objects like so:

https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/knowledge-base/R8jv/unreal-engine-creating-filtered-object-pickers

but I’m wondering if there is a better way. It would be great to show the most recently edited objects at the top of the list.

The call stack where this is controlled seems to be:

But we have no access to the array that is used to display available assets.

SAssetView::RefreshSourceItems() UContentBrowserDataSubsystem::GetItemsUnderPath UContentBrowserDataSubsystem::EnumerateItemsMatchingFilter ContentBrowserAssetData::CreateAssetFileItem

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Steps to Reproduce
When selecting a uproperty dropdown for a uobject* that has thousands of uassets, it can become very cumbersome to find the correct object. It would be great to be able to sort this dropdown array.

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Hello Steven!

Thank you for bringing this up! There is some in-depth work coming up for pickers in a future release and I will create an internal ticket so that we can take a look at this during that initiative!

For now, I think it might be a good idea to look at the AssetEditorSubsystem as it contains utilities that may be able to help if you want to create a separate tool; but currently, only the filters will really be able to affect the picker/dropdown itself.

Cheers!

Jayden

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Got it! thank you for the answer. I’ll keep an eye out for future updates to these systems.