Silkscreen no longer visible above copper fill?

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I feel like I am going crazy.

Up until last week, whenever I’ve made a PCB (from version 5 to 9) using top/bottom fills, the silkscreen has always been visible over the top (like so):

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This was great for me as I was able to quickly check where everything was when trying to make a logical layout.

As of today, all silkscreen contents have disappeared beneath the copper - but ONLY with PCB’s created in Kicad 9 (even for files created last week which I could previously see the silkscreen fine on). I can hide each copper layer and see the silkscreen again, but this is inconvenient. I’ve checked every view, stackup and transparency option I can find, and I can’t get the silkscreen back on top.

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Anybody got an idea what is going on?

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Have you tried adjusting this zones transparency slider?

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Also can you check if you’re using Accelerated or Fallback graphics in Preferences?

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Had zone transparency at about 50%. Opened the file on another machine and everything was as normal (with the same transparency), saved it, then opened on the original machine - and now it’s all visible again.

Bizarre but it’s fixed - thanks!

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the rendering order also depends on the layer you currently have selected on the right

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