The Text Mesh Pro text appears in the game view but not scene view. I do have the whole canvas in view and can manipulate the text using the handles on the text object, but the text itself does not appear.
In the screenshot, the game area is in the bottom left corner. The outline box is the text object with the rect tool selected.
Try increasing the size of the rect transform in the Scene view so that the text actually fits, e.g. drag that bottom-right (or any of them) handle and move it down and to the right to increase the size of the box.
I can make the size of the rect transform of the text object as big as the canvas and the text still does not display. In the screenshot below, the move tool is selected. I notice there is no anchor gizmo either. I must have messed up a preference setting perhaps?
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I apologize for the delay in my response. It was indeed the layers setting. I was certain I had ruled that out… but apparently misread it. Thanks so much for your help.