# SortingGroup

> Adding a SortingGroup component to a GameObject will ensure that all Renderers within the GameObject's descendants will be sorted and rendered together.

## Definition

* **Type:** Class
* **Namespace:** [UnityEngine.Rendering](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/rendering.md)
* **Assembly:** UnityEngine.CoreModule
* **Inherits from:** [Behaviour](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/behaviour.md)

```csharp
[RequireComponent(typeof(Transform))]
public sealed class SortingGroup : Behaviour
```

## Remarks

A common use case for having a SortingGroup is to create complex 2D characters that are made up of multiple [SpriteRenderer](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/spriterenderer.md)s. When several clones of such a character overlap, their individual body parts might not be sorted properly resulting in a visual glitch where the the body parts interleave. For example, the hands of two characters might be sorted in front of their bodies, where you would expect one entire character to be drawn in front of the other character. The SortingGroup component solves this by ensuring the entire branch of the character are sorted and rendered together.

The descendants of the SortingGroup are sorted using the same [SortingLayer](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/sortinglayer.md) and [Renderer.sortingOrder](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/renderer/sortingorder.md). However, they are only sorted against other descendants of the SortingGroup and not with any renderers outside of it. This allows you to reuse the same [SortingLayer](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/sortinglayer.md)s (for example, "Hands", "Torso"...) to sort body parts while ensuring they never interleave with other clones of the character.

The SortingGroups, together with other renderers, are sorted using the [SortingLayer](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/sortinglayer.md) and [Renderer.sortingOrder](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/renderer/sortingorder.md). Additionally, they can be nested within other SortingGroups. This is useful if you have branches of descendants that should not be mixed up i.e. the "Left Hand" vs the "Right Hand" hierarchy branches.

The maximum number of sorting groups and renderers is 4096.

## Properties

| Property                                                                                                   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [sortAtRoot](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/rendering/sortinggroup/sortatroot.md)             | Ignores any parent [SortingGroup](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/rendering/sortinggroup.md) and sorts this and its descendant Renderers against other Renderers at the root level. |
| [sortingLayerID](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/rendering/sortinggroup/sortinglayerid.md)     | Unique ID of the Renderer's sorting layer.                                                                                                                                                      |
| [sortingLayerName](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/rendering/sortinggroup/sortinglayername.md) | Name of the Renderer's sorting layer.                                                                                                                                                           |
| [sortingOrder](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/rendering/sortinggroup/sortingorder.md)         | Renderer's order within a sorting layer.                                                                                                                                                        |

## Static Methods

| Method                                                                                                                 | Description                            |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| [UpdateAllSortingGroups](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/rendering/sortinggroup/updateallsortinggroups.md) | Updates all Sorting Group immediately. |

## Inheritance

**Inherited Members:**

* [Behaviour.enabled](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/behaviour/enabled.md)
* [Behaviour.isActiveAndEnabled](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/behaviour/isactiveandenabled.md)
* [Component.GetComponent(Type)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponent.md#getcomponent\(type\))
* [Component.GetComponent\<T>()](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponent.md)
* [Component.TryGetComponent(Type, Component)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/trygetcomponent.md)
* [Component.TryGetComponent\<T>(T)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/trygetcomponent.md)
* [Component.GetComponent(string)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponent.md#getcomponent\(string\))
* [Component.GetComponentInChildren(Type, bool)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponentinchildren.md#getcomponentinchildren\(type-bool\))
* [Component.GetComponentInChildren(Type)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponentinchildren.md#getcomponentinchildren\(type\))
* [Component.GetComponentInChildren\<T>(bool)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponentinchildren.md)
* [Component.GetComponentsInChildren(Type, bool)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponentsinchildren.md)
* [Component.GetComponentsInChildren\<T>(bool)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponentsinchildren.md#getcomponentsinchildrent\(bool\))
* [Component.GetComponentsInChildren\<T>(bool, List\<T>)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponentsinchildren.md)
* [Component.GetComponentsInChildren\<T>()](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponentsinchildren.md#getcomponentsinchildrent\(\))
* [Component.GetComponentsInChildren\<T>(List\<T>)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponentsinchildren.md)
* [Component.GetComponentInParent(Type, bool)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponentinparent.md#getcomponentinparent\(type-bool\))
* [Component.GetComponentInParent(Type)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponentinparent.md#getcomponentinparent\(type\))
* [Component.GetComponentInParent\<T>(bool)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponentinparent.md#getcomponentinparentt\(bool\))
* [Component.GetComponentInParent\<T>()](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponentinparent.md#getcomponentinparentt\(\))
* [Component.GetComponentsInParent(Type, bool)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponentsinparent.md)
* [Component.GetComponentsInParent\<T>(bool)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponentsinparent.md#getcomponentsinparentt\(bool\))
* [Component.GetComponentsInParent\<T>(bool, List\<T>)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponentsinparent.md)
* [Component.GetComponentsInParent\<T>()](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponentsinparent.md#getcomponentsinparentt\(\))
* [Component.GetComponents(Type)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponents.md#getcomponents\(type\))
* [Component.GetComponents(Type, List\<Component>)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponents.md#getcomponents\(type-listcomponent\))
* [Component.GetComponents\<T>(List\<T>)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponents.md)
* [Component.GetComponents\<T>()](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponents.md#getcomponentst\(\))
* [Component.GetComponentIndex()](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/getcomponentindex.md)
* [Component.CompareTag(string)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/comparetag.md#comparetag\(string\))
* [Component.CompareTag(TagHandle)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/comparetag.md#comparetag\(taghandle\))
* [Component.SendMessageUpwards(string, Object, SendMessageOptions)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/sendmessageupwards.md#sendmessageupwards\(string-object-sendmessageoptions\))
* [Component.SendMessageUpwards(string, SendMessageOptions)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/sendmessageupwards.md#sendmessageupwards\(string-sendmessageoptions\))
* [Component.SendMessage(string, Object)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/sendmessage.md#sendmessage\(string-object\))
* [Component.SendMessage(string)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/sendmessage.md#sendmessage\(string\))
* [Component.SendMessage(string, Object, SendMessageOptions)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/sendmessage.md#sendmessage\(string-object-sendmessageoptions\))
* [Component.SendMessage(string, SendMessageOptions)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/sendmessage.md#sendmessage\(string-sendmessageoptions\))
* [Component.BroadcastMessage(string, Object, SendMessageOptions)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/broadcastmessage.md#broadcastmessage\(string-object-sendmessageoptions\))
* [Component.BroadcastMessage(string, SendMessageOptions)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/broadcastmessage.md#broadcastmessage\(string-sendmessageoptions\))
* [Component.transform](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/transform.md)
* [Component.transformHandle](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/transformhandle.md)
* [Component.gameObject](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/gameobject.md)
* [Component.tag](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/component/tag.md)
* [Object.GetEntityId()](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/getentityid.md)
* [Object.GetHashCode()](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/gethashcode.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, Transform)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, Transform, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, Transform)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, ReadOnlySpan\<Vector3>, ReadOnlySpan\<Quaternion>)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, Transform, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, Transform, Vector3, Quaternion, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, Transform, ReadOnlySpan\<Vector3>, ReadOnlySpan\<Quaternion>)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, Transform, ReadOnlySpan\<Vector3>, ReadOnlySpan\<Quaternion>, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, InstantiateParameters, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, InstantiateParameters, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, Vector3, Quaternion, InstantiateParameters, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, Vector3, Quaternion, InstantiateParameters, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.InstantiateAsync\<T>(T, int, ReadOnlySpan\<Vector3>, ReadOnlySpan\<Quaternion>, InstantiateParameters, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md)
* [Object.Instantiate(Object, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object-vector3-quaternion\))
* [Object.Instantiate(Object, Vector3, Quaternion, Transform)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object-vector3-quaternion-transform\))
* [Object.Instantiate(Object)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object\))
* [Object.Instantiate(Object, Scene)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object-scene\))
* [Object.Instantiate\<T>(T, InstantiateParameters)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md)
* [Object.Instantiate\<T>(T, Vector3, Quaternion, InstantiateParameters)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md)
* [Object.Instantiate(Object, Transform)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object-transform\))
* [Object.Instantiate(Object, Transform, bool)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object-transform-bool\))
* [Object.Instantiate\<T>(T)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md)
* [Object.Instantiate\<T>(T, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md)
* [Object.Instantiate\<T>(T, Vector3, Quaternion, Transform)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md)
* [Object.Instantiate\<T>(T, Transform)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md)
* [Object.Instantiate\<T>(T, Transform, bool)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md)
* [Object.Destroy(Object, float)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/destroy.md)
* [Object.DestroyImmediate(Object, bool)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/destroyimmediate.md)
* [Object.FindObjectsByType(Type)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/findobjectsbytype.md#findobjectsbytype\(type\))
* [Object.FindObjectsByType(Type, FindObjectsInactive)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/findobjectsbytype.md#findobjectsbytype\(type-findobjectsinactive\))
* [Object.DontDestroyOnLoad(Object)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/dontdestroyonload.md)
* [Object.FindAnyObjectByType\<T>()](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/findanyobjectbytype.md#findanyobjectbytypet\(\))
* [Object.FindAnyObjectByType\<T>(FindObjectsInactive)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/findanyobjectbytype.md#findanyobjectbytypet\(findobjectsinactive\))
* [Object.FindObjectsByType\<T>()](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/findobjectsbytype.md#findobjectsbytypet\(\))
* [Object.FindObjectsByType\<T>(FindObjectsInactive)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/findobjectsbytype.md#findobjectsbytypet\(findobjectsinactive\))
* [Object.FindAnyObjectByType(Type)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/findanyobjectbytype.md#findanyobjectbytype\(type\))
* [Object.FindAnyObjectByType(Type, FindObjectsInactive)](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/findanyobjectbytype.md#findanyobjectbytype\(type-findobjectsinactive\))
* [Object.ToString()](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/tostring.md)
* [Object.name](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/name.md)
* [Object.hideFlags](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/hideflags.md)

### Operators

| Operator                                                                           | Description                                                             |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [operator ==](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/op-equality.md)   | Compares two object references to see if they refer to the same object. |
| [bool](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/op-implicit.md)          | Determines whether the object exists.                                   |
| [operator !=](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/object/op-inequality.md) | Compares if two objects refer to a different object.                    |