USlateBlueprintLibrary::AbsoluteToLocal

function UMG Blueprint Since 4.7

#include "Blueprint/SlateBlueprintLibrary.h"

Access: public Specifiers: staticUFUNCTIONBlueprintPure

Description

Transforms a point from absolute Slate space into a widget's local space. This is the Blueprint-accessible wrapper around FGeometry::AbsoluteToLocal.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Absolute space in Slate is not the same as screen pixel space — do not feed raw OS mouse coordinates here. Use ScreenToWidgetLocal if you have screen-space pixel positions.
• Involves an accumulated render-transform matrix inverse under the hood. For repeated conversions against the same geometry (e.g., many points in one frame) consider calling FGeometry::AbsoluteToLocal directly in C++ to avoid repeated Blueprint overhead.

Signature

static UMG_API FVector2D AbsoluteToLocal(const FGeometry& Geometry, FVector2D AbsoluteCoordinate)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
Geometry	const FGeometry&	The geometry of the target widget.	—
AbsoluteCoordinate	FVector2D	Point in absolute Slate space (window or desktop space).	—

Return Type

FVector2D

Example

Find where inside a widget an absolute position lands C++

FVector2D LocalPos = USlateBlueprintLibrary::AbsoluteToLocal(
	MyWidget->GetCachedGeometry(),
	AbsoluteHitPosition
);
// LocalPos.X / LocalPos.Y are now relative to the widget's top-left.

Version History

Introduced in: 4.7

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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