# Text not showing in Game Lab when a sprite is used as a background

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/text-not-showing-in-game-lab-when-a-sprite-is-used-as-a-background/34380>\
**Category:** Coding and Debugging Help\
**Tags:** csd-unit-3\
**Created:** [March 11, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/text-not-showing-in-game-lab-when-a-sprite-is-used-as-a-background/34380 "2021-03-11T14:22:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![edavis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/edavis/32/4927_2.png) [@edavis](https://forum.code.org/u/edavis)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/text-not-showing-in-game-lab-when-a-sprite-is-used-as-a-background/34380/3 "2021-03-11T15:56:19Z")

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Also, here is a post from a previous question on the forum that may help.

> [@Text before some sprites but after others](https://forum.code.org/t/text-before-some-sprites-but-after-others/27135/6):
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> Thank you for your reply but this does not work either.

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