About

TrickyUI is a UI utility plugin for Unreal Engine 5 that provides enhanced widgets with built-in animation support.

Features

• Animation-Ready Widgets - Easily implement show/hide animations with automatic visibility state management
• Enhanced Button Widget - Streamlined button implementation with comprehensive event handling
• Blueprint Support - Full Blueprint integration with intuitive BlueprintCallable functions and events

Installation

1. Copy the plugin folder into your project's Plugins directory.
2. Open your Unreal Engine project.
3. Enable the TrickyUI in the plugins menu.
4. Restart the editor.

Functionality Overview

TrickyUserWidget

1. Animation Management

   • Automatically binds ShowAnimation and HideAnimation widget animations
   • Handles proper visibility states during and after animations
   • Provides animation transition smoothing when switching between show/hide states

2. Key Functions

   • Show(): Starts the show animation with transition handling
   • Hide(): Starts the hide animation with transition handling

3. Events & Delegates

   • OnShowAnimationStarted: Triggered when show animation begins
   • OnShowAnimationFinished: Triggered when show animation completes
   • OnHideAnimationStarted: Triggered when hide animation begins
   • OnHideAnimationFinished: Triggered when hide animation completes

4. Customization

   • OnShowFinishedVisibilityState: Configure widget visibility after show completes
   • OnHideFinishedVisibilityState: Configure widget visibility after hide completes
   • Blueprint implementable events for animation state changes

TrickyButtonWidget

1. Delegates

   • OnButtonClicked: Triggered when button is clicked
   • OnButtonPressed: Triggered when button is pressed
   • OnButtonReleased: Triggered when button is released
   • OnButtonHovered: Triggered when button is hovered
   • OnButtonUnhovered: Triggered when cursor leaves the button

2. Integration

   • Inherits all animation capabilities from TrickyUserWidget
   • Automatic binding to the required Button_Main widget