# The Stage and sprite in Canvas aren't visible **URL:** \ **Category:** Issues / Bugs\ **Created:** [June 29, 2023, 8:25am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-stage-and-sprite-in-canvas-arent-visible/2487593 "2023-06-29T08:25:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![muhammadafarouqwdu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@muhammadafarouqwdu](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muhammadafarouqwdu)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 8:25am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-stage-and-sprite-in-canvas-arent-visible/2487593/1 "2023-06-29T08:25:27Z")
I was trying to create a simple drawing app but when I add A canvas the stage isn’t visible, every time I turn touch drawing on nothing happens, if I change the background colour or background image of the stage it stays white, the same goes with sprite nothing happens. ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-stage-and-sprite-in-canvas-arent-visible/2487593/2 "2023-06-29T18:24:46Z")
Hello @muhammadafarouqwdu, welcome to the community! How did you test your app? Could you please share the project URL? ---
**Author:** ![muhammadafarouqwdu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@muhammadafarouqwdu](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muhammadafarouqwdu)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-stage-and-sprite-in-canvas-arent-visible/2487593/3 "2023-06-30T12:54:01Z")
I have tried testing the app both on mobile phone and through the web preview both doesn’t work I have also tried the drawing app in the featured projects, and the same problem is there. here is the link to my project: [Thunkable](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/d19b9597e6da2a0ab1ee4c638a8dee2f) ---
**Author:** ![ak\_coder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ak_coder/32/156215_2.png) [@ak\_coder](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ak_coder)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-stage-and-sprite-in-canvas-arent-visible/2487593/4 "2023-07-01T02:29:35Z")
hello @muhammadafarouqwdu , i was also facing the same issue, when i was using the canvas for my gaming app, i don’t know what the reason behind this, please clear your browser cache or try your app in incognito mode, i think this can be a thunkable error, because in normal web preview, sometimes the canvas does not load or show because of the load and interent speed. ![download](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/c/1/c11587ff52f34e54b00b81e0d2eb43d294c82aed.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![muhammadafarouqwdu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@muhammadafarouqwdu](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muhammadafarouqwdu)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-stage-and-sprite-in-canvas-arent-visible/2487593/5 "2023-07-01T08:16:40Z")
thank you @ak_coder, I have tried clearing the cache, working from different browser and from incognito, I have also tried using a different pc and different account, nothing works, the canvas doesn’t load at all. ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-stage-and-sprite-in-canvas-arent-visible/2487593/6 "2023-07-03T19:00:08Z")
Hello @muhammadafarouqwdu and welcome to our community! Thank you for sharing more details. I can’t replicate the issue. In order to see the canvas or the sprite, you will need to [add the sprite to the Stage](https://docs.thunkable.com/sprites) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/9/5/95b8bdcb8309b75391e74dbd54e9bca893574e50.png) Let me know if you mean the same thing ---
**Author:** ![muhammadafarouqwdu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@muhammadafarouqwdu](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muhammadafarouqwdu)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-stage-and-sprite-in-canvas-arent-visible/2487593/7 "2023-07-06T06:41:00Z")
Hi @ioannis , the stage itself isn’t appearing, even when I add a sprite the whole canvas isn’t visible as you can see in this snapshot, I tried making the canvas visible in the blocks and nothing changes. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/2/7/277a17643ce4776537ff19aae34efd2c0c1f3ec2.png) ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-stage-and-sprite-in-canvas-arent-visible/2487593/8 "2023-07-06T18:26:48Z")
Hello @muhammadafarouqwdu Thank you for sharing the screenshot. Could you please share which device you use and which browser? Please check if it works using another browser. ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-stage-and-sprite-in-canvas-arent-visible/2487593/9 "2023-07-10T12:53:30Z")
Hello @muhammadafarouqwdu I also found a reason this can happen: the firewall is blocking [https://thunkable.github.io](https://thunkable.github.io/) This solved the issue for someone else here: > [@Canvas not appearing on Live Testing function or Preview](https://community.thunkable.com/t/canvas-not-appearing-on-live-testing-function-or-preview/722617/7): > > We’ve solved the issue, our firewall was blocking [https://thunkable.github.io](https://thunkable.github.io/) for our students, once it was unblocked they could access the Canvas component. Thanks for your help! ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-stage-and-sprite-in-canvas-arent-visible/2487593/10 "2024-11-08T13:33:46Z")