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Outliner Shortcuts

Voulz - Code Plugins - Aug 7, 2022
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Allows the binding of shortcuts to some basic World Outliner functions like Collapse All or Expand All, and allows the automatic collapsing of the World Outliner on Map open.

  • Supported Platforms
  • Supported Engine Versions
    5.0 - 5.3
  • Download Type
    Engine Plugin
    This product contains a code plugin, complete with pre-built binaries and all its source code that integrates with Unreal Engine, which can be installed to an engine version of your choice then enabled on a per-project basis.
Outliner Shorcuts

Outliner Shortcuts is an editor only plugin that allows the binding of shortcuts to some basic World Outliner functions like Collapse All and Expand All, and a new function Collapse to Root was also added.

Another functionality of the plugin is to automatically Expand/Collapse/Collapse to Root the World Outliner when a Map opens.


Due to issues with the Marketplace/Epic Game Launcher (outside of my control), you might have issues installing the plugin from the Marketplace being displayed as Unavailable. Please report this issue to Epic.
If you want, as the project is open source, you can also install the plugin manually by following these instructions:
https://github.com/Voulz/OutlinerShortcuts/wiki/Install-the-plugin


2024 03-23
This updated GitHub branch is UE 5.4 Preview compatible.
Plugin will be updated once UE.4 is officially out, meanwhile you'll have to build it from source.





The project is open source!

Documentation and code available here:

https://github.com/Voulz/OutlinerShortcuts/wiki

If you find any useful and they save you time or money, please consider supporting my work! :)





UE 5.1+

Unreal Engine 5.1 added the possibility of having multiple Outliners.

The commands "Expand All", "Collapse All" and "Collapse to Root" will now work only on the Outliner that was last focused, referred to as the most recently used Outliner.

Three new commands have been added: "Expand All Outliners", "Collapse All Outliners" and "Collapse All Outliners to Root" which will affect *all* the opened Outliner windows.





Binding Shortcuts

Open the Editor Preferences (Edit > Editor Preferences).

Either search for "Outliner Shortcuts" or go under "General > Keyboard Shortcuts > Outliner Shortcuts".

You can now set custom shortcuts for the World Outliner functions "Collapse All", "Collapse to Root" and "Expand All".

Since UE 5.1, you can also set shortcuts for the functions "Expand All Outliners", "Collapse All Outliners" and "Collapse All Outliners to Root".





Automatic Collapsing on Map Open

Open the Editor Preferences (Edit > Editor Preferences).

Either search for "Outliner Shortcuts" or go under "Plugins > Outliner Shortcuts > Outliner Shortcuts".

You can now set a default behavior for the World Outliner when a Map opens.





Changelog


v1.1.2 (2023 10-06):

  • Added Linux Support.

v1.1.1 (2023 09-09):

  • Added support for UE 5.3.

v1.1 (2022 11-21 - 2023 05-12):

  • Added support for UE 5.1/5.2 which allows multiple Outliners. 

v1.0 (2022 08-03):

  • Initial Release

Technical Details

Features:

  •  Keyboard binding of World Outliner functions: Expand All and Collapse All
  •  Keyboard binding of a new World Outliner functions: Collapse to Root
  •  Automatic Collapsing/Expanding of the Outliner on Map open.

Code Module:

  •  OutlinerShortcutsEditor [Editor]

Number of C++ Classes: 5

Supported Development Platforms: Windows

Documentation: https://github.com/Voulz/OutlinerShortcuts/wiki

Important/Additional Notes:

This is an editor only plugin adding few simple commands for ease of working within Unreal Engine.