QUICK DEV TIP #22 UE4 - Quick Find Asset

So here is an extra quick UE4 Quick Dev Tip for you today!

Did you know you can use keyboard shortcuts to help quickly find assets from your scene in your content browser?

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Normally if you wanted to find an asset you would one of two ways. Firstly, using the content browser search functionality and secondly right-clicking on an asset in your scene and clicking Browse To Asset.

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However, there is also a keyboard shortcut that you can use to speed things up. If you click on an asset in your scene and then use Ctrl + B , it will take you directly to that asset in the content browser.

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I found out about this the other day and have been using it ever since!

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