Unreal Engine 4 Scripting with C++ Cookbook

Creating new menu entries

The workflow for creating new menu entries is almost identical to that for creating new toolbar buttons, so this recipe will build on the previous one, and show you how to add the command created therein to a menu rather than a toolbar.

How to do it…

1. Create a new function in your module class:

   void AddMenuExtension(FMenuBuilder &builder)
   {
     FSlateIcon IconBrush = FSlateIcon(FEditorStyle::GetStyleSetName(), "LevelEditor.ViewOptions", "LevelEditor.ViewOptions.Small");
   
     builder.AddMenuEntry(FCookbookCommands::Get().MyButton);
   };

2. Find the following code within the StartupModule function:

   Extension = ToolbarExtender->AddToolBarExtension("Compile", EExtensionHook::Before, CommandList, FToolBarExtensionDelegate::CreateRaw(this, &FUE4CookbookEditorModule::AddToolbarExtension)); ...