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> Unreal Engine API Reference > Runtime > UMG > Blueprint > UWidgetLayoutLibrary > UWidgetLayoutLibrary::ProjectWorldLocationToWidgetPosition

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UWidgetLayoutLibrary::ProjectWorldLocationToWidgetPosition

Gets the projected world to screen position for a player, then converts it into a widget position, which takes into account any quality scaling.

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References

Module	UMG
Header	/Engine/Source/Runtime/UMG/Public/Blueprint/WidgetLayoutLibrary.h
Include	#include "Blueprint/WidgetLayoutLibrary.h"
Source	/Engine/Source/Runtime/UMG/Private/WidgetLayoutLibrary.cpp

Syntax

static bool ProjectWorldLocationToWidgetPosition
(
    APlayerController * PlayerController,
    FVector WorldLocation,
    FVector2D & ScreenPosition,
    bool bPlayerViewportRelative
)

Remarks

Gets the projected world to screen position for a player, then converts it into a widget position, which takes into account any quality scaling.

Returns

true if the position projects onto the screen.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
PlayerController	The player controller to project the position in the world to their screen.
WorldLocation	The world location to project from.
ScreenPosition	The position in the viewport with quality scale removed and DPI scale remove.
bPlayerViewportRelative	Should this be relative to the player viewport subregion (useful when using player attached widgets in split screen or when aspect-ratio constrained)

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