Switch Between input mods only with C++

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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Hello,

i’m looking for a way to switch between Input modes. Like the Blueprint function “Set Input Mode UI Only”, but only in C++.

Is there a similar way in c++ to reach the same effect, or is this something you have to build entirely by yourself.

I tried looking in the UE documentation but couldn’t find anything. Maybe I got the wrong tags, not sure.

what i want:
when i open a menu in my game, the character dosn’t move anymore and i can’t look around with my mouse. but, i see now a mouse on the screen and can click on buttons in the menu like, load, save, exit game.

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Open WidgetBlueprintLibrary.cpp and see what it does there when it switches the input mode.
You can do this for a lot of nodes that you want to translate to c++. In most cases the node will show you where its underlying code is under “Target” in the description:
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From the cpp file of widgetBlueprintLibrary

// pick only one of the the following

// game and ui
FInputModeGameAndUI InputMode;
// game only
FInputModeGameOnly InputMode;
// ui only
FInputModeUIOnly InputMode;

PlayerController->SetInputMode(InputMode); // PlayerController = APlayerController

extra settings for widget focus and mouse

// passed in parameters of type
UWidget*  inWidgetToFocus;
EMouseLockMode InMouseLockMode;
bool bHideCursorDuringCapture;


InputMode.SetLockMouseToViewportBehavior(InMouseLockMode);
InputMode.SetHideCursorDuringCapture(bHideCursorDuringCapture);
	if (InWidgetToFocus != nullptr)
	{
		InputMode.SetWidgetToFocus(InWidgetToFocus->TakeWidget());
	}
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Thanks for the Replay.

i noticed that “bHideCursorDuringCapture” is not part of “FInputModeUIOnly”.

I resolve the effect by set PlayerController->bShowMouseCursor = true;

not sure this is the correct way.

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