Canvas Renderer

The Canvas Renderer component renders a graphical UI(User Interface) Allows a user to interact with your application. Unity currently supports three UI systems. More info
See in Glossary object contained within a CanvasThe area that contains all UI elements in a scene. The Canvas area is shown as a rectangle in the Scene View. More info
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Properties

The Canvas Renderer has no properties exposed in the inspectorA Unity window that displays information about the currently selected GameObject, asset or project settings, allowing you to inspect and edit the values. More info
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Details

The standard UI objects available from the menu (GameObject > Create UI) all have Canvas Renderers attached wherever they are required but you may need to add this component manually for custom UI objects. Although there are no properties exposed in the inspector, a few properties and function can be accessed from scripts - see the CanvasRenderer page in the Script Reference for full details.