AActor::K2_GetRootComponent

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/Actor.h"

Access: public Specifiers: UFUNCTIONBlueprintGetterinline

Description

Returns the actor's root scene component. This is the Blueprint-accessible getter for the RootComponent property.

Caveats & Gotchas

• In C++ prefer GetRootComponent() directly — K2_GetRootComponent() is the Blueprint getter generated by the UPROPERTY macro and exists only to expose RootComponent via Blueprint. Both return the same value.
• The return value can be null for actors that have not had a root component set (e.g. a plain AActor subclass with no component added in the constructor).

Signature

USceneComponent* K2_GetRootComponent() const

Return Type

USceneComponent*

Examples

Hide the actor's root component on BeginPlay Blueprint

Get root component in C++ C++

// In C++ use the direct accessor:
USceneComponent* Root = GetRootComponent();
if (Root)
{
    Root->SetWorldLocation(NewLocation);
}
// K2_GetRootComponent() is used internally by Blueprint nodes only.

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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