TextMesh Pro Text is behind Tilemap (Sorting Issue)

Hi all,

I'm using Unity's built-in Tilemap in a 2D URP scene. After adding a TextMesh Pro - Text to my scene the text will be displayed behind my tile map as the following demo screenshot shows:


The text itself is using the TextMeshPro/Distance Field Overlay shader.

The tile map settings on the other hand are as follows:



The tile map's sorting layer is set to "Layer 1". If I instead switch the tile map's sorting layer to "Default" the text will be displayed correctly on top of the tile map. However, I need to use sorting layers for my tile map(s). So is there a way to handle the sorting of the text mesh pro?

I already tried some other TMP shaders but as far as I know the Distance-Field-Overlay shader already is supposed to draw the text on top (of everything?).

Does anyone have an idea what I am doing wrong here or maybe if it is a bug/unsupported feature?

Thanks in advance

Edit:

You can control the sorting layer via code by modifying MeshRenderer's sorting like this:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. _meshRenderer.sortingLayerName = _sortingLayerName;
3. _meshRenderer.sortingOrder = _sortingOrder;
4.  

Is there a way to allow the text rendered on top tile map's by default without manipulating MeshRenderer's sorting?

 

In the TextMeshPro Text component, select "Extra Settings". There you will find the the Sorting Order field. I set it to a very high number.