How to create tools with Editor Utility Widget in Unreal Engine 5

Creating tools can be incredibly handy for automating tasks and is something we shouldn’t dismiss.

Unreal Engine has the perfect Blueprint for this: Editor Utility Widget.

The main advantage of this blueprint is that it can do tasks without needing to press play.

This Widget is an extension of the standard widgets; you can create buttons, text, images, and anything you need to make a tool to help you.

I use tools in all my games and projects, especially when I want to create a data visualizer.

Example of Editor Utility Tool

How you can use editor utility tool:

• A visualization of saved game files. For example, if I want to see if a certain save game has one of their properties true.
• A visualization and manipulation tool of Save Games. We can also create tools to modify values on a save game, which is especially handy if you want to, for example, add lots of items to your inventory and test the game.
• A visualization tool to check the values of items in a Data Assets. For example, if you want to go through a list of items…