Unity Canvas does not fill screen

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I have a 2D game set to 1080p pixel size (so each unit equals 1 pixel) and I have added a canvas to my scene. However the canvas fills only about 1/8th of the screen and is also not central either. All the canvas size and position settings are locked so I cant move it or resize it. The canvas itself does reflect the screen (ie if I put text in the top right corner it appears correctly) but the size makes it hard to judge where best to position the elements).

How do I get the canvas to fill my scene?

Can you add a snapshot of your Canvas' inspector? Maybe it helps to understand problem — Cenkisabi
– Cenkisabi, Commented Sep 2, 2015 at 9:57

Arunoda Susiripala · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-02 15:51:58Z

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On your canvas, set the Canvas Scaler component's Ui Scale Mode to Scale with Screen Size. Then you can define a Reference Resolution of 1080p, i.e. 1920 x 1080.

EDIT: To see the canvas fit into the camera's size in the scene, change the Canvas component's Render Mode to Screen Space - Camera, and drag the camera from the hierarchy to it.
(check this video)

edited Sep 2, 2020 at 15:51

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answered Sep 2, 2015 at 13:34

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coolblue2000 Over a year ago

I made the changes to the settings you suggested but nothing appears to have happened. I have posted an image of the inspector above.

user3071284 Over a year ago

@coolblue2000 Answer edited to include fitting the canvas inside the scene camera's size.

Niklas Rosencrantz Over a year ago

It did not work at all

CPlus · Accepted Answer · 2024-03-12 17:36:01Z

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See this image

By default the image position in rect transformation (e.g left top etc) have some value make it 0 for everything and for pivot as well, worked for me;

P.S. render mode for canvas should be screen space - overlay

edited Mar 12, 2024 at 17:36

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answered Mar 7, 2024 at 22:11

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