UKismetSystemLibrary::GetEditorProperty

function Engine Blueprint Since unknown

#include "Kismet/KismetSystemLibrary.h"

Access: public Specifiers: staticBlueprintCallableCustomThunkWITH_EDITOR

Description

Retrieves the value of a named property from the given object by name, for use in editor utility scripts and Blutilities.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Editor-only: this function does not exist in packaged/runtime builds (compiled inside WITH_EDITOR). Do not rely on it for runtime gameplay logic.
• Uses CustomThunk with a wildcard property pin, so the Blueprint node's PropertyValue pin type is determined dynamically — the int32& in the C++ signature is just the wildcard placeholder.
• Fails silently (returns false) if PropertyName doesn't exist on Object rather than throwing an error, so always check the return value.

Signature

static bool GetEditorProperty(UObject* Object, const FName PropertyName, int32& PropertyValue)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
Object	UObject*	The object to retrieve a property value from.	—
PropertyName	FName	The name of the property to retrieve.	—
PropertyValue	int32&	The retrieved property value, if found. The declared int32 type is a wildcard slot — the actual pin type follows PropertyName.	—

Return Type

bool

Example

Read an arbitrary property by name in an editor utility script C++

float Value = 0.f;
if (UKismetSystemLibrary::GetEditorProperty(SelectedActor, TEXT("MaxHealth"), Value))
{
    UE_LOG(LogTemp, Log, TEXT("MaxHealth = %f"), Value);
}

Version History

Introduced in: unknown

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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