DOCUMENTATION | V2 Lock Cursor Bounds Guide

Primer Gamepad Cursor drives a real mouse cursor from the analog stick and synthesizes true mouse events under it, so standard UMG responds exactly as it does to a physical mouse.

• No CommonUI

• No custom viewport client

• No project configuration

• Hit play!

Core Features

• Analog stick cursor movement

• Synthesized mouse clicks at the cursor position

• Works with stock Buttons, Sliders, ScrollBoxes, ComboBoxes and ListViews

• Per-cursor-shape widgets

• Separate gamepad and mouse cursor widget sets

• Automatic switching on the active input device

• Scroll wheel emulation from the second stick

• Focus Navigation, Analog Mouse and Gamepad Cursor modes

• Derived cursor visibility

• Cursor bounds: confine the cursor to a rect, a convex quad, a UMG widget or a 3D widget component

• Bounds hold the hardware mouse and the gamepad cursor together

• Per-system enable switches, down to unregistering the input preprocessor entirely

• Chords suppressed while typing in a text field

• Cursor widget event interface

• Hold-to-confirm async node

• Wait for input chord async node

• Configurable gamepad key to mouse button bindings

• Runtime analog cursor settings

• Per-local-player cursor

• Pause and UI Only support

How To

Create a cursor User Widget and add the Primer Gamepad Cursor Events interface

Set it as the Default Gamepad Cursor Widget Class in Project Settings

Call Set Input Mode UI Only when your menu opens

Call Use Gamepad Cursor Navigation

Play!

Use Cases

• Controller-first menus, inventories and shops that need a pointer

• Map screens, skill trees and crafting grids

• Strategy and simulation UI on gamepad

• Adding gamepad support to an existing mouse-driven UMG project

• Split screen games needing one cursor per player

• Pause menus with hold-to-confirm prompts

Primers

Part of the Primer series, this plugin prioritizes clarity, control, and practical workflows.