Nested components with EditAnywhere specifier not editable

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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I was trying to create following component hierarchy within my actor:

  • UMyActor
  • UMyComponent
    [INDENT]- UCameraComponent[/INDENT]

I decorated both components with UProperty macro and gave them EditAnywhere specifier.

While the CameraComponent shows up on the list in details panel I can’t edit its properties. Though, I can edit them below if I expand CustomComponent category and navigate to CameraComponent. Then I can punch in different location but I can’t move the component in the viewport.

I may be missing something here but is there a way to make CameraComponent fully editable?

2

I wouldn’t recommend creating components within other components. It’s not a strategy supported by the engine. You can create components at runtime and change properties like normal, but the editor and certainly networking does not handle nested components.

3

I see dzeligman, thanks for your answer!