Player controller code to sort input components better: widgets with 'Stop Input' go to top of priority stack, and also, priority actually works now.

Source/Integration/PlayerControllerBase.cpp

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #include "Common.h"
 #include "Tangible.h"
 #include "TangibleManager.h"
+#include "Components/InputComponent.h"
+#include "Engine/LevelScriptActor.h"
 #include "Kismet/GameplayStatics.h"
 #include "Engine/GameInstance.h"
 
@@ -53,6 +55,99 @@ FVector2D AlxPlayerControllerBase::GetLookAtPixel(const UObject *Context)
 	return ScreenPosition;
 }
 
+void AlxPlayerControllerBase::PushInputComponent(UInputComponent* InInputComponent)
+{
+	if (InInputComponent)
+	{
+		CurrentInputStack.RemoveSingle(InInputComponent);
+		CurrentInputStack.Add(InInputComponent);
+	}
+}
+
+bool AlxPlayerControllerBase::PopInputComponent(UInputComponent* InInputComponent)
+{
+	if (InInputComponent)
+	{
+		if (CurrentInputStack.RemoveSingle(InInputComponent) > 0)
+		{
+			InInputComponent->ClearBindingValues();
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+void AlxPlayerControllerBase::BuildInputStack(TArray<UInputComponent*>& InputStack)
+{
+	// Controlled pawn gets last dibs on the input stack
+	APawn* ControlledPawn = GetPawnOrSpectator();
+	if (ControlledPawn)
+	{
+		if (ControlledPawn->InputEnabled())
+		{
+			// Get the explicit input component that is created upon Pawn possession. This one gets last dibs.
+			if (ControlledPawn->InputComponent)
+			{
+				InputStack.Push(ControlledPawn->InputComponent);
+			}
+
+			// See if there is another InputComponent that was added to the Pawn's components array (possibly by script).
+			for (UActorComponent* ActorComponent : ControlledPawn->GetComponents())
+			{
+				UInputComponent* PawnInputComponent = Cast<UInputComponent>(ActorComponent);
+				if (PawnInputComponent && PawnInputComponent != ControlledPawn->InputComponent)
+				{
+					InputStack.Push(PawnInputComponent);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// LevelScriptActors are put on the stack next
+	for (ULevel* Level : GetWorld()->GetLevels())
+	{
+		ALevelScriptActor* ScriptActor = Level->GetLevelScriptActor();
+		if (ScriptActor)
+		{
+			if (ScriptActor->InputEnabled() && ScriptActor->InputComponent)
+			{
+				InputStack.Push(ScriptActor->InputComponent);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (InputEnabled())
+	{
+		InputStack.Push(InputComponent);
+	}
+
+	// Sort the components first by bBlockInput, then by
+	// priority. We don't touch the original array, because
+	// we want to preserve information about which component
+	// was pushed last.
+	TArray<UInputComponent*, TInlineAllocator<20>> Pushed;
+	for (int32 Idx = 0; Idx < CurrentInputStack.Num(); ++Idx)
+	{
+		UInputComponent* IC = CurrentInputStack[Idx].Get();
+		if (IsValid(IC))
+		{
+			Pushed.Add(IC);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			CurrentInputStack.RemoveAt(Idx--);
+		}
+	}
+
+	Pushed.StableSort([](const UInputComponent& A, const UInputComponent& B)
+	{
+		if (A.bBlockInput != B.bBlockInput) return !A.bBlockInput;
+		return A.Priority < B.Priority;
+	});
+
+	InputStack.Append(Pushed);
+}
+
 void AlxPlayerControllerBase::UpdateLookAt()
 {
 	UlxTangibleManager *TM = GetGameInstance()->GetSubsystem<UlxTangibleManager>();