Unreal Engine Issues

UE-12239

UMG animations do not play on 3D widgets when using events that fire off after event construct

UMG animations do not play on 3D widgets when using events that fire off after event construct

Developer Notes

By design. These are two separate button instances. If I click the button in 2D it animates the button in 2D. If I click the button in 3D it animates in 3D. Also see AnswerHub

Questions & Answers
Description

If the event that is used to start the animation was not done so during the construction of the widget, the 3D widget will not animate. An example: Using a button to activate an animation will not work for 3D widgets. Using Event Construct or Event tick will activate the animation for a 3D widget.

Steps to Reproduce
  1. Download attached project
  2. Open Project
  3. Click play
  4. Click the button
  5. Notice that the 3D widget version of the button does not animate
Community References

3d widget no animation

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By Design
ComponentUE - Editor - UI Systems
Affects Versions4.7.3
CreatedMar 20, 2015
ResolvedApr 2, 2015
UpdatedJul 14, 2021