Why is the Mesh menu empty? - unreal-engine4

I am new to unreal and am facing a weird problem. I would like to insert a mesh on my character but the mesh menu is completely empty. Below is the image of how it looks.
As you can see, this blueprint class is derived from a class named 'MainCharacter'. Here is the relevant code snippet.
Implementation (c++) file
FPSMesh = CreateDefaultSubobject<USkeletalMeshComponent>(TEXT("Mesh"));
FPSMesh->SetupAttachment(FPSCameraComponent);
Header file
UPROPERTY(VisibleDefaultsOnly, Category = Mesh)
USkeletalMeshComponent *FPSMesh;
The problem started when I switched the USkeletalMeshComponent to a UStaticMeshComponent. I started getting an empty mesh screen. I switched it back to a USkeletalMeshComponent and I am still getting this empty menu.
Any Tips?

Deleting the Blueprint and recreating it worked. No idea why.

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Where is the camera component located for ACharacter?

So I just started playing around with Unreal Engine 4. I would like to learn as much as I can, so I started with a blank C++ project.
I created a new Character class for my player character, then created a Blueprint based on this class.
The character Blueprint (or some of it's components seem to have a UCameraComponent attached to it, since after making the keybindigs for movement and look up/turn I could already use my mouse to navigate the camera.
My question is, where is this UCameraComponent located? When I open the Blueprint, it seems like it doesn't have a CameraComponent in there. I also tried searching for it in the source code of ACharacter, but couldn't find anything.
I would like to adjust the camera position related to the character because right now this camera is right inside my character mesh.
You have to add it to your class manually.
In YourCharacter.h:
UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, Category = "Components")
USpringArmComponent* SpringArm = nullptr;
UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, Category = "Components")
UCameraComponent* Camera = nullptr;
In YourCharacter.cpp constructor:
SpringArm = CreateDefaultSubobject<USpringArmComponent>(TEXT("Spring Arm"));
SpringArm->SetupAttachment(RootComponent);
Camera = CreateDefaultSubobject<UCameraComponent>(TEXT("Camera"));
Camera->SetupAttachment(SpringArm);

How to make TextMeshPro Input Field work in layout?

I'm having odd issues trying to use Unity's Text Mesh Pro Input Field UI element. I don't actually know if the layout is causing it though.
I have a scroll view which uses a vertical layout to organize objects under the content object. Each object in the scroll view has a horizontal layout inside it which fits two input fields next to one another so essentially the Scroll view has two columns of input fields.
However I'm getting odd behavior from the input field. When I start typing it won't show the input until I've entered two characters (i.e. I type '0' and it shows nothing then I type another '0' and it will show '00'). Additionally I have some code that automatically populates the input field with default value, below is an example of how I do this:
gameObject.GetComponent<TMP_InputField>().text = numVal.ToString();
However the values never show up, but I can confirm that they are being populated by checking the inspector window while the game is running. Under the TMP_Input Field component, the 'Text' field shows the correct value but I can't see it in the input box.
I'm getting no errors or warnings.
Is it the scroll view or the layered layouts that are confusing the Input Field's script? Something else? Any advice, help, and questions are appreciated.
EDIT:
I've found that it may have something to do with the way the objects are added to the scroll view. The content of the scroll view (which has the vertical layout) get's objects added to it during run time. This is done through instantiating a prefab.
Instantiate(DoubleInputNodePrefab, contentObject.transform);
This prefab object has the horizontal layout and two children, each an input field. If I add this prefab to content window before I run the game it works fine (expect that none of my intended code works since it relies on modularly adding and removing these objects) but I can give input and it looks fine.
WORK AROUND:
I won't consider this a solution but it is a work around I'm going with for now. Using a 'normal' input field rather than a Text Mesh Pro one doesn't create the same issues and works as intended.

Unity editor - How to stop field from turning blue when its edited

I am making a tool in Unity to build your project for muliple platforms when you press a button.
I started with the preferences window for the tool, and came up with an anoying thing. Whenever I change the enum value of the EnumPopup field, the field turns blue in the editor window. Is there a way to disable this?
See how in the 2nd picture the field is not blue, and in the 3rd picture the field has changed to blue? How do I prevent this from happening?
Thanks in advance!
Difficult to help without having the rest of your code.
This is Unity built-in behaviour. I tried a lot of stuff see here to disable / overwrite the built-in coloring of prefix labels but had no luck so far.
A workarround however might be to instead use an independent EditorGUI.LabelField which will not be affected by the EnumPopup together with the EditorGUIUtility.labelWidth:
var LabelRect = new Rect(
FILEMANAGEMENT_ENUMFIELD_RECT.x,
FILEMANAGEMENT_ENUMFIELD_RECT.y,
// use the current label width
EditorGUIUtility.labelWidth,
FILEMANAGEMENT_ENUMFIELD_RECT.height
);
var EnumRect = new Rect(
FILEMANAGEMENT_ENUMFIELD_RECT.x + EditorGUIUtility.labelWidth,
FILEMANAGEMENT_ENUMFIELD_RECT.y,
FILEMANAGEMENT_ENUMFIELD_RECT.width - EditorGUIUtility.labelWidth,
FILEMANAGEMENT_ENUMFIELD_RECT.height
);
EditorGUI.LabelField(LabelRect, "File relative to");
QuickBuilder.Settings.Relation = (QuickBuilder.Settings.PathRelation)EditorGUI.EnumPopup(EnumRect, QuickBuilder.Settings.Relation);
As you can see the label is not turned blue while the width keeps being flexible
Sidenotes
Instead of setting values via edito scripts directly like
QuickBuilder.Settings.Relation = you should always try and use the proper SerializedProperty. It handles things like Undo/Redo and also marks the according objects and scenes as dirty.
Is there also a special reason why you use EditorGUI instead of EditorGUILayout? In the latter you don't need to setup Rects.
EditorGUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
{
EditorGUILayout.LabelField("File relative to", GUILayout.Width(EditorGUIUtility.labelWidth));
QuickBuilder.Settings.Relation = (QuickBuilder.Settings.PathRelation)EditorGUILayout.EnumPopup(QuickBuilder.Settings.Relation);
}
EditorGUILayout.EndHorizontal();

Bar Chart and Stacked Bar Chart using similar data on one page

I am trying to show some data in a bar chart and stacked bar chart using JavaFx. I am using 4 series into which I populate the data, using eclipse oxygen.
I use series1 and series2 in the Bar Chart.
I use series1, series2, series3, and series4 in the Stacked Bar Chart.
I have created my screen using the JavaFx Scene Builder. Populate the scenes and displaying the data. My problem is that I am not able to show both the graphs at the same time. Only the latter gets populated, depending on the order of the population. The extra bit I have added is that the graphs expand on a mouse enter event and then reduces to the orginal size on the mouse exit event.
Can anyone help me by pointing out what I am doing wrong?
My code is as follows
#FXML
private void bcsbg_mouseentered() {
if (!clickEntered) {
clickEntered = true;
prefWidth = bcByGroup.getPrefWidth();
prefHeight = bcByGroup.getPrefHeight();
bcByGroup.setPrefSize(1500, 900);
gXAxis.setPrefHeight(Region.USE_COMPUTED_SIZE);
gXAxis.setPrefWidth(Region.USE_COMPUTED_SIZE);
gYAxis.setPrefHeight(Region.USE_COMPUTED_SIZE);
gYAxis.setPrefWidth(Region.USE_COMPUTED_SIZE);
gXAxis.setVisible(true);
gYAxis.setVisible(true);
gXAxis.setLabel("Value");
gYAxis.setLabel("Question");
gXAxis.setTickLabelsVisible(true);
gYAxis.setTickLabelsVisible(true);
gXAxis.setTickMarkVisible(true);
gYAxis.setTickMarkVisible(true);
sbcByAll.setVisible(false);
} else {
clickEntered = false;
bcByGroup.setPrefSize(prefWidth, prefHeight);
gXAxis.setPrefHeight(0);
gXAxis.setPrefWidth(0);
gYAxis.setPrefHeight(0);
gYAxis.setPrefWidth(0);
gXAxis.setVisible(false);
gYAxis.setVisible(false);
gXAxis.setLabel("");
gYAxis.setLabel("");
gXAxis.setTickLabelsVisible(false);
gYAxis.setTickLabelsVisible(false);
gXAxis.setTickMarkVisible(false);
gYAxis.setTickMarkVisible(false);
sbcByAll.setVisible(true);
sbcByAll.getData().clear();
sbcByAll.getData().addAll(series1, series2, series3, series4);
}
bcByGroup.getData().clear();
bcByGroup.getData().addAll(series1, series2);
}
The problem here is not in your code, but in the way the chart API is written. (I'm not normally a fan of criticizing languages or standard libraries, but parts of this API appear to have been written by an unsupervised intern with a particularly bad hangover.)
The XYChart.Data class keeps a reference to the node that displays the data. (This fairly obviously violates the most basic tenets of MVC, and makes separating the data into a different class completely redundant.)
Consequently, if you try to use the same data in two charts, the same node tries to appear in two parents, which is not allowed, and you only see the visualization of the data in one place. Unfortunately, you need to replicate the data for each chart.
Thank you, Dave. You are right. I did not go through the standard documentation on the XYData.Chart to notice that this object would be attached to the node in which the data was going to be displayed.
I was really hoping to avoid replication but the code does work as soon as the data series is replicated and attached to the different charts.
As mentioned by Dave,
The XYChart.Data class keeps a reference to the node that displays the data. (This fairly obviously violates the most basic tenets of MVC, and makes separating the data into a different class completely redundant.)
Please go through the standard documentation provided in Dave's link.

Error thrown while trying to expand model in GXT tree grid

I am trying to expand a node(model bean) using the below command
gmisRevenueGross.setExpanded(revenueGrossBean, true);
but I get the below error
java.lang.AssertionError: null
at com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.treegrid.TreeGrid.setExpanded(TreeGrid.java:673)
at com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.treegrid.TreeGrid.setExpanded(TreeGrid.java:644)
The same code when I put inside a handler of button, I was able to expand the node. So I guess I am trying to expand before the dom is loaded. So is there a way to expand some nodes soon after adding it to store. For grid.setAutoExpand(true) works fine, but that expands all the node.
Just guessing, are you using GXT version 2? I think your problem was because you tried to expand the tree node before the tree grid was rendered. Check your code and make sure your tree grid was already rendered before expanding the tree node. Post your code so I can help you better.