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FEditorViewportClient::DropObjectsAtCoordinates

Attempts to intelligently drop the given objects in the viewport, using the given mouse coordinates local to this viewport

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Override Hierarchy

FEditorViewportClient::DropObjectsAtCoordinates()

FLevelEditorViewportClient::DropObjectsAtCoordinates()

References

Module	UnrealEd
Header	/Engine/Source/Editor/UnrealEd/Public/EditorViewportClient.h
Include	#include "EditorViewportClient.h"

Syntax

virtual bool DropObjectsAtCoordinates
(
    int32 MouseX,
    int32 MouseY,
    const TArray< UObject * > & DroppedObjects,
    TArray< AActor * > & OutNewActors,
    bool bOnlyDropOnTarget,
    bool bCreateDropPreview,
    bool bSelectActors,
    UActorFactory * FactoryToUse
)

Remarks

Attempts to intelligently drop the given objects in the viewport, using the given mouse coordinates local to this viewport

Parameters

Parameter	Description
MouseX	The position of the mouse's X coordinate
MouseY	The position of the mouse's Y coordinate
DroppedObjects	The Objects to be placed into the editor via this viewport
OutNewActors	The new actor objects that were created
bOnlyDropOnTarget	Flag that when True, will only attempt a drop on the actor targeted by the Mouse position. Defaults to false.
bCreateDropPreview	If true, a drop preview actor will be spawned instead of a normal actor.
bSelectActors	If true, select the newly dropped actors (defaults: true)
FactoryToUse	The preferred actor factory to use (optional)

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