unity doesn't show preview

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My question is quite simple. I am learning Unity and watching a tutorial about making a 2D game.

In the tutorial, there is a Preview section at the bottom right corner. But in my Unity, there is nothing there. There is Inspector on the right and below of Add Component there is nothing.

Can anyone explain to me how can I activate that part? Thanks in advance!

This is what I want: enter image description here

Did you ever get this to work? – user3071284 Mar 03 '15 at 03:22 — user3071284, Mar 03 '15 at 03:22

Noah Huppert · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-01T23:39:22.063

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This preview box is for resources. It shows a preview of the resource. To get this to show up you must click on one of your resources(Like an image).

Preview box

However when you do not have a resource selected it will not show up

Preview box does not show when nothing is selected

edited Dec 01 '14 at 23:39

answered Dec 01 '14 at 23:22

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Ah, okay. When I click to the something like image in the assets folder, it works. But when I click an object in the hierarchy, it doesn't work. Is it normal? – kalahari Dec 01 '14 at 23:48
@kalahari I believe so. – Noah Huppert Dec 01 '14 at 23:51
But in tutorial, when he clicks an object in the hierarchy, it is shown in the preview too, I checked just now. – kalahari Dec 01 '14 at 23:59
What does he click on? A 3D model? A texture? – Noah Huppert Dec 02 '14 at 00:01
A 2D object which has got an animation and it is also a prefab. – kalahari Dec 02 '14 at 00:04
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/65998/discussion-between-noah-huppert-and-kalahari). – Noah Huppert Dec 02 '14 at 00:06

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 09 '20 at 04:01

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Maybe this is a little too late but in order to get the model to show up:

Right click on the little model figure on the bottom right corner of the Preview window
Click on Select Other ...
Select my prefab
You should be able to hit the Play bttn to see your animation afterwards

FYI I'm currently on Unity 2019.2.17f1

edited Apr 09 '20 at 04:01

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answered Apr 09 '20 at 02:01

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