Basic Controls

Simple property types such as numeric boxes and spinners, text boxes, checkboxes, radio buttons, and comboboxes.

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Unreal Editor has many simple control types you are familiar with for editing numeric values, text, etc.

Control

Description

Text Box

Used for text properties, such as FString and FName .

Example:
Text Box control

Numeric Box

Can be used for editing any numeric property, such as Integers and Floats .

Example:
Numeric Box control

Numeric Spinner

Can be used for editing any numeric property, such as Integers and Floats .

Example:
Spinner control

Checkbox

Used for editing simple toggle properties such as Bools .

Example:
Checkbox control

Dropdown

Used for editing Enums and other properties that provide a list of available values.

Example:
Dropdown control

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