UMG Widget - Cannot Interact

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Hello!

I’ve created a Multiline Text Editable Box and added it to an Actor as a component. I walk directly up to the component and try to interact with it. I can almost highlight text using the mouse, and it will highlight, but the flashing text cursor does not show up. I cannot type either, and if I right click on the text box, the entire editor crashes with a stake trace:

MachineId:858DD904416375ABA52B9997CCB7BECF
EpicAccountId:0d1b53dc2aa64cd6aa4b004a34cb36b9

Unknown exception - code 00000001 (first/second chance not available)

Assertion failed: bWasFound [File:D:\BuildFarm\buildmachine_++depot+UE4-Releases+4.6\Engine\Source\Runtime\Slate\Private\Framework\Application\SlateApplication.cpp] [Line: 2117] 

KERNELBASE + 42141 bytes
UE4Editor_Core + 3092349 bytes
UE4Editor_Core + 1597688 bytes
UE4Editor_Core + 1479058 bytes
UE4Editor_Slate + 614803 bytes
UE4Editor_Slate + 849557 bytes
UE4Editor_Slate + 2566385 bytes
UE4Editor_Slate + 1561945 bytes
UE4Editor_Slate + 2534638 bytes
UE4Editor_Slate + 432060 bytes
UE4Editor_Slate + 160583 bytes
UE4Editor_Slate + 832224 bytes
UE4Editor_Slate + 770598 bytes
UE4Editor_Core + 2484765 bytes
UE4Editor_Core + 2400763 bytes
UE4Editor_Core + 2489275 bytes
UE4Editor_Core + 2387186 bytes
user32 + 105425 bytes
user32 + 104666 bytes
UE4Editor_Core + 2490486 bytes
UE4Editor!FEngineLoop::Tick() + 3434 bytes [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.6\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launchengineloop.cpp:2193]
UE4Editor!GuardedMain() + 479 bytes [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.6\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launch.cpp:131]
UE4Editor!GuardedMainWrapper() + 26 bytes [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.6\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:126]
UE4Editor!WinMain() + 249 bytes [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.6\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:202]
UE4Editor!__tmainCRTStartup() + 329 bytes [f:\dd\vctools\crt\crtw32\dllstuff\crtexe.c:618]

Any ideas? I wanted to make an interactive ingame notebook. So this is fairly essential. Any help is appreciated!

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Hey aaron,

since your error says Unknown exception, i cant help you with that. This is epics responsibility

But assuming you created a 3D Widget in your notebook actor i would give you the hint, that the 3D Widget are still experimental and knowing that i wouldnt do any more magic than just showing off a widget in your gameworld. Until this feature isnt in a stable stage i prevent myself from being frustrated, because you cannot be sure if YOU do something wrong or your desired function is just not possible yet :wink:

However its good to tell them the bugreport.
Maybe im totally wrong here and you will get an Epic Answer by Epic Games from an Epic Games Staff Member :wink:

best regards

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I figured as much myself, really wanted to see if anyone had run into this bug before. I should also note this exists in both 4.7 preview versions of the engine. Looks like I’ll need to integrate another solution for a GUI. I may look into integrating libRocket or maybe CEF.

Thanks!

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Hey aaron, same problem here.
By spawning a 3D Widget I can’t edit any textboxes on the widget; if I type a few seconds it crashes UE4 with a similar error report.
Just as said this is all experimental so it might be a bug, hope they’ll address this soon since my game is heavily dependent on that =)

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Widgets have been experimental for over 3 years. This is one of many half-■■■■■ projects from Nick Darnell. Functionality has changed non-stop. They clearly didn’t map this logic out.