AActor::IsSelectionChild

function Engine Since 4.20

#include "GameFramework/Actor.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtualENGINE_APIconst

Description

Returns whether this actor is part of another actor's selection group in the editor. When true, this actor cannot be independently selected — it is always selected through its parent.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Like IsSelectionParentOfAttachedActors(), this is an editor-selection concept only and has no runtime effect.
• If you return true here, the editor will route selection clicks through GetSelectionParent() — make sure GetSelectionParent() returns a valid non-null actor or the selection system may crash.
• The default implementation returns false, meaning actors are independently selectable by default.

Signature

ENGINE_API virtual bool IsSelectionChild() const

Return Type

bool

Example

Make an actor always be selected through its parent C++

bool AMyChildActor::IsSelectionChild() const
{
    // This actor is always selected as part of its parent group
    return GetSelectionParent() != nullptr;
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.20

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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