Newly installed versions of the engine will now attempt to copy the project-agnostic config settings from a previous engine installation. This happens by way of a versioned manifest that copies old versions when the manifest does not exist, or is a different version. This code path is benign for non-installed versions of the engine (or FPaths::ShouldSaveToUserDir() is false).
EditorGameAgnosticSettings and EditorUserSettings ini paths have been renamed to EditorSettings and EditorPerProjectUserSettings respectively to better convey their purpose. In general, most settings should be saved in EditorSettings (project-agnostic) so that they apply regardless of which project is open. We have some way to go migrating existing settings for this to be the case, however.
Some previously per-project configuration files are now project-agnostic (such as Editor.ini, EditorKeyBindings.ini, and EditorLayout.ini)
GEditor->Access...Settings and GEditor->Get...Settings have been removed in favor of direct access of the CDO through GetMutableDefault<> and GetDefault<> respectively. Global config ini filenames that are not set up are now neither loaded nor saved on build machines, to handle the problem of indeterminate state more generically.
This addresses UETOOL-270 (Most editor preferences should be project-agnostic)
[CL 2517558 by Andrew Rodham in Main branch]
#jira UE-8407 - Trying to open project from Newer version to older version of the Editor
#reviewedby Ben.Marsh
[CL 2515634 by Richard TalbotWatkin in Main branch]
UETOOL-213 - Minimize Slate FString -> FText conversion (remove SLATE_TEXT_ATTRIBUTE)
This fixes any editor/engine specific code that was passing text to Slate as FString rather than FText.
[CL 2399803 by Jamie Dale in Main branch]
* Moved Slate.h into SlateBasics.h and began shifting less commonly used headers into SlateExtras.h.
* Slate.h now simply includes SlateBasics.h and SlateExtras.h.
* Slate.h includes a deprecated warning now to indicate that SlateBasics.h + specific includes should be used instead.
* Moved dozens of inlined functions using Slate widgets into .cpp files to avoid header dependencies.
* All code samples now include SlateBasics.h and SlateExtras.h so future shifts will not break most those projects, but not trigger the deprecation warning of including Slate.h.
#BUN
[CL 2329610 by Wes Hunt in Main branch]
Also added an option to control whether overscroll is allowed on STableViewBase derivatives;
This partly addresses TTP#346682 - Need to support overscroll when items are not enough to allow scrolling (consistency with ListViews)
Reviewed by Nick Atamas
[CL 2309585 by Andrew Rodham in Main branch]
The font has also been reduced in size to reduce the amount of wrapping on asset labels at small sizes.
Also polished the asset borders and shadows.
This addresses TTP 345457 and 345452.
[CL 2297910 by Andrew Rodham in Main branch]
Also removed tabs from the project browser dialogs when they're not necessary. Fixed up some incorrect icon sizes to work with the new layout.
[CL 2290664 by Andrew Rodham in Main branch]
TTP# 327759 - Cannot set Project Browser Category on user-created projects
The code for it had been removed during some other changes.
ReviewedBy Max.Preussner
[CL 2095998 by Jamie Dale in Main branch]
TTP# 337136 - SETTINGS: Target Platform settings polish
TTP# 337652 - EDITOR: Limit Project supported Android icons down to 1
TTP# 337650 - EDITOR: There is only 1 icon for Apple for Project Supported Platforms
DesktopPlatform now contains a static array of FPlatformInfo. This can be used to query UE4 about its available platforms, even when they're not available as a target platform.
FPlatformInfo contains the information required by the editor (such as a localized display name and icon), as well as whether a platform is a variation ("flavor") of another, and if so, whether the flavor affects the build output (eg, Win32 or Win64), or the cook output (eg, Android_XYZ). This lets the editor build up nested menus for the "Package Project" and "Cook Project" options, rather than just showing everything as a flat list.
ReviewedBy Thomas.Sarkanen, Max.Preussner
[CL 2095796 by Jamie Dale in Main branch]
TTP# 332489 - TOOLS FEATURE: Editor: Allow user to designate which platforms a project is designed for; warn user when deploying to platforms that will result in a bad time
There is now a "Target Platforms" tab in the project settings which allows you to choose which platforms your project will target. This information is stored inside the .uproject file.
If you try and launch, cook, or package for a project that isn't on the supported list, then you'll see a suppressible warning notifying you that the project may not run as expected. This is also conveyed to you via a warning icon next to platforms which aren't set as a target.
Additionally the target platform icons are shown in the tooltip on the "Open Project" dialog, as well as in the tab area of the level editor.
ReviewedBy Thomas.Sarkanen, Max.Preussner
[CL 2088161 by Jamie Dale in Main branch]
