Instantiate UMG UButton from C++

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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I am trying to Instantiate a UMG UButton inside a UVerticalBox from C++ and make it appear inside the canvas of the UMG Widget I created as BluePrint.
Then I want to manipulate its attributes from C++.
I have googled up and down and can’t find a single working example, neither for instantiating a UMG built-in type in C++ nor for displaying the created widget in the world.
Just to clarify, I am not looking to inherit a Blueprint Widget but instantiate UMG UI elements.

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Here’s a snippet from a UMG base class where I construct a UImage and add it to a UHorizontalBox. The only prerequisite is that your C++ UMG base class provides a way for the blueprint to assign the UHorizontalBox (Panel), through a UHorizontalBox property or blueprint event that returns a UHorizontalBox.



			UImage* IconWidget = WidgetTree->ConstructWidget<UImage>( UImage::StaticClass() );
			IconWidget->SetBrushFromTexture( IconTexture );

			UHorizontalBoxSlot* Slot = Panel->AddChildToHorizontalBox( IconWidget );
			Slot->Padding.Right = 5.0f;

You should be able to replace the horizontal box with your vertical box, and the UImage with your UButton.