Non-hacky way to instantiate ui text objects?

I am trying to create a panel which i can call something like AddText on and it will add a new Text object and parent it to the panel. There can be many lines of text so multiple text objects will be required.

I have tried instantiating a Text UI element i had saved as a prefab, however i get errors when i create it. I assume this is because you can't instantiate UI elements without a parent canvas? Here is the error

Type ISelectHandler expected EventTrigger received. i:1. Object reference not set to an instance of an object UnityEngine.EventSystems.EventSystem:Update()

My alternate approach to this is to make a canvas with a text object parented to it and save it as a prefab. But this means every time i add a new line of text to the panel i will be instantiating a new canvas. This does not sound like the appropriate way to do this.

Furthermore, how do i change the text in a Text object? Tehnically it is just a script parented to a RectTransform, so do i do something like GetComponent<Text>?

 

I do it this way:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. Text tempTextBox = Instantiate(textPrefab, nextPosition, transform.rotation) as Text;
3.                  //Parent to the panel
4.                   tempTextBox.transform.SetParent(renderCanvas.transform, false);
5.                   //Set the text box's text element font size and style:
6.                    tempTextBox.fontSize = defaultFontSize;
7.                    //Set the text box's text element to the current textToDisplay:
8.                    tempTextBox.text = textToDisplay;
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ma DUDE you saved my day

 

U are a god

 

Muchas Gracias me sirvio