Understanding unreal's pivot and widget controls

JoshWilkinson

I'm jumping onto Unreal 4 from Unity 5 and am still getting the hang of things. In Unity I can toggle the widget's orientation from pivot to center, and I could move along the world or local axis with simple toggle of a button. Do similar controls exist in Unreal 4?

Paravolus

I don't think you can just set the pivot to the center of an object - you can place a pivot or offset it by hand with ALT+Middle Mouse button. For the local/world positions, you can click on the world icon in the top right in the editor:

 

If you hover over that icon i believe there is a shortcut - Ctrl + `  (I think, but I'll have to double check at home)

Hope this helps,
Cheers!

musashidan

Ctrl+tilda is the hotkey to toggle world/local

You can set a temporary pivot by holding Alt+MMB and drag it to wherever. It will reset to the default pivot when you click off.