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Moved default focus rendering info to focus button page

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@ -6,26 +6,9 @@ going "back" pops that off the top and returns focus to the previous menu.
Fairly standard hierarchical menus. Fairly standard hierarchical menus.
The [Examples Project](https://github.com/sinbad/StevesUEExamples) includes a The [Examples Project](https://github.com/sinbad/StevesUEExamples) includes a
funcitoning menu you can look over to see how it's done, and/or you can follow functioning menu you can look over to see how it's done, and/or you can follow
these steps. these steps.
## Important: Disabling default focus rendering
Unreal makes a token effort at providing a way to render which of your controls
has the keyboard / gamepad focus, but it's rubbish. It's a grey dotted line
that looks awful. No-one wants that.
The FocusableButton widget in this library provides a much nicer default focus
option (using the Hovered style), and also provides you focus events you can
use to do something more advanced if you want. So we have no need for Unreal's
dotted line nonsense.
1. Open Project Settings
1. Find the Focus section
1. Change Render Focus Rule to Never
All better. 😉
## GameViewportClient customisations ## GameViewportClient customisations
To get full functionality we need to use a custom viewport client, see To get full functionality we need to use a custom viewport client, see
@ -96,8 +79,8 @@ as being able to become part of a MenuStack. So our widget needs to be one of th
### 3. Create the Menu Buttons ### 3. Create the Menu Buttons
This library comes with a custom button which is perfect for menus, called This library comes with a custom button which is perfect for menus, called
FocusableButton. It has the advantage of automatically highlighting when [FocusableButton](FocusableButton.md). It has the advantage of automatically highlighting when
focussed (e.g. gamepad or keyboard navigation). focussed (e.g. gamepad or keyboard navigation).
1. Change the view mode (top-right) from Fill Screen to Desired 1. Change the view mode (top-right) from Fill Screen to Desired
* This is because we're fitting inside the container so will only take the space we need * This is because we're fitting inside the container so will only take the space we need