Using a UMG widget in slate

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Hello @Antidamage I actually was doing the same 2 weeks ago. I wrote this example: lets asume you want to create a new SWindow and use a UMG widget inside of it:



void CreateWindowFromUMG(UWidgetBlueprint* Blueprint)
{
    if (!Blueprint) return;

    //~ Gets actual widget class from the blueprint
    TSubclassOf<UEditorUtilityWidget> WidgetClass = Blueprint->GeneratedClass;

    //~ We need da world
    UWorld* World = GEditor->GetEditorWorldContext().World();
    check(World);

    //~ Create widget 
    UEditorUtilityWidget* CreatedUMGWidget = CreateWidget<UEditorUtilityWidget>(World, WidgetClass);
    if (CreatedUMGWidget)
    {

        //~ Create Slate window
        TSharedPtr<SWindow> EditorTab = SNew(SWindow)
            .AutoCenter(EAutoCenter::None)
            .Title(FText::FromString("my win"))
            .IsInitiallyMaximized(false)
            .ClientSize(FVector2D(300,300))
            .SizingRule(ESizingRule::UserSized)
            .SupportsMaximize(true)
            .SupportsMinimize(true)
            .CreateTitleBar(true)
            .HasCloseButton(true);

        //~ Add Windows to slate app
        FSlateApplication & SlateApp = FSlateApplication::Get();
        SlateApp.AddWindow(EditorTab.ToSharedRef(), true);

        //~ Use UMG in slate
        EditorTab->SetContent(CreatedUMGWidget->TakeWidget());
    }
}

if you want to use the path to your asset like in your example, I suggest you to use FAssetData instead, it is easier.
Cheers!

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