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FMoveCursor

Argument to the [ITextEditorWidget::Move()](API\Runtime\Engine\Kismet\EMoveComponentAction__Type); it decouples performing cursor movement and text highlighting actions from event handling.

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References

Module	Slate
Header	/Engine/Source/Runtime/Slate/Public/Widgets/Text/ISlateEditableTextWidget.h
Include	#include "Widgets/Text/ISlateEditableTextWidget.h"

Syntax

class FMoveCursor

Remarks

Argument to the ITextEditorWidget::Move(); it decouples performing cursor movement and text highlighting actions from event handling. FMoveCursor describes how the cursor can be moved via keyboard, mouse, and other mechanisms in the future.

Constructors

No constructors are accessible with public or protected access.

Functions

	Name	Description
FMoveCursor	Cardinal ( ECursorMoveGranularity Granularity, FIntPoint Direction, ECursorAction Action )	Creates a MoveCursor action that describes moving by a single character in any of the cardinal directions.
ECursorActio...	GetAction()
float	GetGeometryScale()	Geometry Scale at the time of the event that caused this action
ECursorMoveG...	GetGranularity()	Move one character at a time, or one word?
FVector2D	GetLocalPosition()	Which position in the widget where the user touched when using ScreenPosition mode.
FIntPoint	GetMoveDirection()	When using directional movement (i.e. Character or Word granularity; not screen position, which way to move.)
ECursorMoveM...	GetMoveMethod()
bool	IsHorizontalMovement()	Is the cursor moving left/right; Only valid for word and character movement methods.
bool	IsVerticalMovement()	Is the cursor moving up/down; Only valid for word and character movement methods.
FMoveCursor	ViaScreenPointer ( FVector2D LocalPosition, float GeometryScale, ECursorAction Action )	Creates a MoveCursor action that describes moving the text cursor by selecting an arbitrary coordinate on the screen.

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