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Question by marioaae · Jun 27, 2014 at 03:54 AM · spriteguitextlayerordersort

Draw a GUIText behind a sprite

Hello,

I have a transparent sprite and I want to draw/write a GUIText behind this transparent sprite but I can't figure out how. I can sort the sprites with the Sorting Layer property of the Renderer but since the GUIText doesn't have a renderer I don't know how to do this. GUIText is always being drawn on top of everything.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

Mario

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Answer by Ngoc Ngo · Jun 27, 2014 at 06:03 AM

You could use a TextMesh instead of GUIText, then move it inside the scene with its Transform.

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I tried that but now the Text $$anonymous$$esh is being drawn behind all the sprites. I need something I can completely control so I can set its Sorting Layer property just as I do with sprites.

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Answer by Philsko · Oct 20, 2014 at 11:06 AM

If you use a TextMesh instead of GUIText as previously suggested you can control it's sorting layer by attaching this simple script to it:

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 
 public class Layer : MonoBehaviour {
 
     public string layerName;
 
     // Use this for initialization
     void Start () 
     {
         gameObject.renderer.sortingLayerName = layerName;
     }
 }
 

And then typing the layer name that you want to set it to in the inspector.

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