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UObject::CreateEditorOnlyDefaultSubobject

Create a component or subobject only to be used with the editor.

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References

Module	CoreUObject
Header	/Engine/Source/Runtime/CoreUObject/Public/UObject/Object.h
Include	#include "UObject/Object.h"

Syntax

template<class TReturnType>
TReturnType * CreateEditorOnlyDefaultSubobject
(
FName SubobjectName,
bool bTransient
)

Remarks

Create a component or subobject only to be used with the editor. They will be stripped out in packaged builds.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
TReturnType	Class of return type, all overrides must be of this type
SubobjectName	Name of the new component
bTransient	True if the component is being assigned to a transient property. This does not make the component itself transient, but does stop it from inheriting parent defaults

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