Primer Common Gamepad Cursor is a Common UI virtual gamepad cursor system for Unreal Engine, built to deliver gamepad cursor behavior with minimal setup and maximum exposed functionality.

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Overview

A Gamepad Cursor Function Library exposes controls for Gamepad and Mouse cursors

• ShowGamepadCursor - Enables the Gamepad Cursor

• SetGamepadCursorWidget - Set UMG for your cursors

Cursor Interface Events - Device Changed, Click, Release, Hover Start and Hover End

• Assist animation and reactive UI design

Example Widget for out the box plug and play

• Get running in seconds, just apply PrimerCommonViewportClient and call ShowGamepadCursor!

Seamless Gamepad, Focus Navigation and Mouse input switching

• Exposes controls for toggling analog cursor, toggling Common UI focus navigation and more!

Async Blueprint Action Nodes

• Wait For Input Chord (N number of Chords, with N number of inputs)

• Start Hold Timer (Duration, required Input Chords, Optional Widget; if unhovered ends the timer)

PRIMERS

Part of the Primer series, this plugin prioritizes simplicity and usability - suitable starting point or un-bloated tech solutions for shipped projects, internal tools, and learning.

If you need a reliable analog cursor that behaves exactly as players expect, without hacks or fragile input workarounds, this plugin provides the shortest path to success.

WHY PRIMER COMMON GAMEPAD CURSOR

• Plug and Play - Concise BP calls

• Common UI implementation

• Screen-space locked analog cursor

• Predictable focus & hover behavior

• Clean Blueprint & C++ APIs

CORE FEATURES
🎮 COMMON UI VIRTUAL CURSOR

• Analog stick–driven cursor movement

• Toggle between mouse, gamepad, and focus navigation

• Cursor cannot escape the viewport

🧩 CUSTOM CURSOR WIDGET SUPPORT

• Uses UMG based cursor visuals

• Swap cursor widgets at runtime

• Fully designer-driven appearance

🧠 HOVER & CLICK INTERFACES

• Blueprint-friendly interfaces for:

  • Hover start / hover end

  • Press / Release

• Ideal for:

  • Animated cursors

  • Audio feedback

  • Context-sensitive effects

  • Hold Progress

TECHNICAL OVERVIEW

• Unreal Engine 5.4+

• Common UI

• Extensive Slate Function Library for BP

• Comprehensive debug nodes

IDEAL FOR

• Console-first UI

• Controller-only games

• PC games with full controller parity

• Menus, inventories, loadouts, radial menus

Use it directly, or as a foundation for custom systems.