How to stop gamepad from controlling Editor Menus?

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8 years and 5 months later… SOLVED!!! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for helping me find the console variable that fixes this problem, even in UE4!

For UE4 OR UE5 (Tested in Unreal 4.27.2, 5.3.2, 5.5.4):

Enter this console command in the Editor:

Slate.RequireFocusForGamepadInput 1

Or add the following entry to your project’s DefaultEngine.ini file to make it the default:

[ConsoleVariables]
Slate.RequireFocusForGamepadInput=True

This will prevent your gamepad from controlling anything in the Editor when another window has focus (ie. you are running a PIE or Play in Standalone Game session).

For UE5 ONLY (tested in 5.3.2 and 5.5.4):

Enter this console command in the Editor:

Slate.EnableGamepadEditorNavigation 0

Or add the following entry to your project’s DefaultEngine.ini file to make it the default:

[ConsoleVariables]
Slate.EnableGamepadEditorNavigation=False

This will prevent your gamepad from controlling anything in the Editor at ALL times.
NOTE: this console command only works with UE5, for UE4 you will need to use the other command.

Credit to @syuusyuu1 for the UE5 console command.

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