How to make canvas be layered behind my sprite?

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I'm working on a 2D game and I want to have my score counter Text object (a child of the canvas) appear behind my obstacle sprites so that it doesn't distract the player too much.

Currently I have already set the Sorting Layer for my obstacle sprites and the Text object. The Text object is on a sorting layer below the obstacle sprites but the Text object still appears on top of the obstacle sprites in-game.

I'm still getting used to this new UI system that Unity has so I'm not sure how to make this work. Anyone know how to fix this issue?

Thanks!

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Answer by Hrungdak · Apr 16, 2015 at 08:45 AM

You can set the render mode of the canvas to world space. So the canvas becomes a normal Game object that can be layered.

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Jovy83 · Apr 17, 2015 at 01:08 AM 0

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Thanks for the answer. When I set the render mode of my canvas to world space, my UI Text disappears. I have tried setting it on a sorting layer that is above all my sprites but I still don't see my Text elements. Any ideas?

rluks Jovy83 · May 07, 2016 at 04:33 PM 0

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Check z-value of the UI element's position

SilverFang180882 rluks · May 21 at 07:21 AM 0

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That doesn't work with mine. Does a World Space canvas need some sort of special camera attached to it? Unity seems to be prompting it in the editor.

How to make canvas be layered behind my sprite?

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