How can I instantiate a prefab in a canvas and have it positioned relative to its parent?

Question

I am trying to load, at run time, a UI prefab and have that display on a canvas. I was following the directions found on this forum. I am able to get it to load and display, but it is not showing up correctly, as shown here:

If I manually change the position in the Unity editor, at runtime, then it appears correct, as shown here.

Here's my code:

// load the prefab
Object subView = Resources.Load($"prefabs/Tutorial-Info");

// find the attach point (see screen shot for child hierarchy)
GameObject panel = SearchFor("Panel");
var subPanel = Instantiate(subView, new Vector3(0, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity) as GameObject;
subPanel.transform.SetParent(panel.transform, false);

(SearchFor is a function I wrote to find canvas objects by name. It is correctly returning "Panel" object. The code that function is here.)

I am not sure why the prefab instantiated at run time is not appearing where I want it to appear. What should I do?

Answer 1

The correct solution is to use Instantiate as follows:

Object subView = Resources.Load($"prefabs/Tutorial-Info");
GameObject panel = SearchFor("Attach");
Instantiate(subView, panel.transform);

The call to SetParent is no longer needed and position setting was incorrect to begin with. Please see the comments above for a little more detail on the solution.