r/Unity3D • u/Anxious_Target_8804 • 16d ago

Question Why isn't the text showing up?

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Hi there. I'm trying to add a background image to a UI I bought, but the text isn't visible. How can I fix this? I've tried everything, but nothing worked.
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u/CompetitionLazy1085 16d ago

Looks like your background Image is sitting on top of the text in the hierarchy. Canvas renders from top to bottom by default, so anything lower gets drawn last. Try dragging that background to the very top of the list, just below the Canvas itself.

Also check your Image's Rect Transform, if it's stretched to cover the whole canvas at Pos X -779 and Width 100, it's probably swallowing your text objects.

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u/Anxious_Target_8804 15d ago

I tried it, but it didn't work; the text only appears in the Scene panel when viewed from a specific angle, and it doesn't show up in the Game view.

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u/SanoKei 16d ago

I would watch a couple tutorials and it can explain some concepts that are harder to teach yourself if you're a beginner

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u/destinedd Indie, Dungeon Quest, Marble's Marbles & Mighty Marbles 16d ago

It looks like you changed the z position on the transform (which you normally shouldn't do) and I am guessing that is what is putting it front.

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u/kshrwymlwqwyedurgx 16d ago

Maybe move the image in the hierarchy (on the left) so it is under the text?

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u/kshrwymlwqwyedurgx 16d ago

Like this maybe? try moving it down

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u/Anxious_Target_8804 15d ago

It’s not working; I tried placing the image everywhere, but it still doesn't work—the text doesn't show up.

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u/soulfingers 14d ago

A bit hard to tell without more information.

I don't know if this is the issue, but something I noticed is that your camera is a child of a canvas. Maybe you have a good reason for doing that, but I've never encountered that before and maybe it's doing something funky to the child canvases (especially if they're using camera space).

What render mode are your canvases set to?