Unity Canvas does not fill screen

Question

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, Sep 02 '15 at 09:57

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 02 '20 at 15:51

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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 02 '20 at 15:51

Arunoda Susiripala

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answered Sep 02 '15 at 13:34

user3071284

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I made the changes to the settings you suggested but nothing appears to have happened. I have posted an image of the inspector above. – coolblue2000 Sep 02 '15 at 19:39
@coolblue2000 Answer edited to include fitting the canvas inside the scene camera's size. – user3071284 Sep 02 '15 at 20:32
It did not work at all – Niklas Rosencrantz Jan 15 '23 at 08:42

Unity Canvas does not fill screen

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