UKismetInputLibrary::PointerEvent_GetLastScreenSpacePosition

function Engine Blueprint Since unknown

#include "Kismet/KismetInputLibrary.h"

Access: public Specifiers: staticBlueprintPure

Description

Returns the cursor's screen-space position as of the previous pointer event, useful for computing movement manually.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Prefer PointerEvent_GetCursorDelta if you just need the movement vector — subtracting this from the current position duplicates work the engine already does.
• Only updates on pointer events; it doesn't track position between events if the pointer is captured or hidden.

Signature

static FVector2D PointerEvent_GetLastScreenSpacePosition(const FPointerEvent& Input);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
Input	const FPointerEvent&	The pointer event to read the previous cursor position from.	—

Return Type

FVector2D

Example

Draw a debug trail between the last and current position C++

FReply UMyWidget::NativeOnMouseMove(const FGeometry& InGeometry, const FPointerEvent& InMouseEvent)
{
    const FVector2D LastPos = UKismetInputLibrary::PointerEvent_GetLastScreenSpacePosition(InMouseEvent);
    const FVector2D CurrentPos = UKismetInputLibrary::PointerEvent_GetScreenSpacePosition(InMouseEvent);
    DrawDebugTrail(LastPos, CurrentPos);
    return FReply::Handled();
}

Version History

Introduced in: unknown

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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