Set Current Mouse Cursor doesn't work until mouse is clicked

[Pipecamper-23]

I am aware that this question has been asked before however none of the solutions presented have worked for me. In short I have a button that is dynamically created. I use the Bind Event To Button Callback node to capture a click on this button. This executes a function in my 3rd person character blueprint which in turn calls the Set Current Mouse Cursor node within my Player Controller blueprint (See screenshots below). I want my cursor to turn into a hand the moment I click this button. However, the cursor does not change until I click the mouse again. I can click any button, including the mouse wheel, and the cursor will update. How can I make the cursor update immediately and not when I click? As you can see I have added a print node just before the Set Current Mouse Cursor and indeed the text is printed precisely when I click the button, but the cursor is not updated until I click somewhere else. Here is a list of all the solutions I have already tried:

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[RoobiNoobi]

Hi, I’m having the same problem. Have you managed to find a solution or workaround?

[KindredGames (Michael Kocha)]

I just found a solution to this earlier, so I’m going to necropost to help anyone looking for this issue out.

Somewhere at begin play (I’m doing it on my player controller) just use the node “Set focus to game viewport” and it’ll register the cursor so it can begin updating correctly. Unreal apparently doesn’t register it until you’ve clicked after a level load. Not sure why, but this seems to fix it.