diff --git a/include/QF/ui/canvas.h b/include/QF/ui/canvas.h
index 92c5570fd..c72637da2 100644
--- a/include/QF/ui/canvas.h
+++ b/include/QF/ui/canvas.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ enum {
 };
 
 typedef struct canvas_s {
+	bool        visible;
 	uint32_t    range[canvas_comp_count];
 } canvas_t;
 
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ void Canvas_SortComponentPool (canvas_system_t canvas_sys, uint32_t ent,
 void Canvas_SetLen (canvas_system_t canvas_sys, view_pos_t len);
 CANVASINLINE view_t Canvas_GetRootView (canvas_system_t canvas_sys,
 										uint32_t ent);
+CANVASINLINE bool *Canvas_Visible (canvas_system_t canvas_sys, uint32_t ent);
 
 #undef CANVASINLINE
 #ifndef IMPLEMENT_CANVAS_Funcs
@@ -108,6 +110,14 @@ Canvas_GetRootView (canvas_system_t canvas_sys, uint32_t ent)
 	return View_FromEntity (viewsys, ent);
 }
 
+CANVASINLINE
+bool *
+Canvas_Visible (canvas_system_t canvas_sys, uint32_t ent)
+{
+	uint32_t comp = canvas_sys.base + canvas_canvas;
+	return Ent_GetComponent (ent, comp, canvas_sys.reg);
+}
+
 #undef CANVASINLINE
 
 #endif//__QF_scene_canvas_h
diff --git a/libs/ui/canvas.c b/libs/ui/canvas.c
index dc7bc7929..6bc69aba8 100644
--- a/libs/ui/canvas.c
+++ b/libs/ui/canvas.c
@@ -457,6 +457,10 @@ Canvas_Draw (canvas_system_t canvas_sys)
 		canvas_t   *canvas = canvases++;
 		//uint32_t    ent = *entities++;
 
+		if (!canvas->visible) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		for (int i = 0; i < canvas_comp_count; i++) {
 			if (draw_func[i]) {
 				uint32_t    c = canvas_sys.base + i;
@@ -495,7 +499,7 @@ Canvas_InitSys (canvas_system_t *canvas_sys, ecs_registry_t *reg)
 void
 Canvas_AddToEntity (canvas_system_t canvas_sys, uint32_t ent)
 {
-	canvas_t    canvas = { };
+	canvas_t    canvas = { .visible = true };
 	for (uint32_t i = 0; i < canvas_comp_count; i++) {
 		canvas.range[i] = ECS_NewSubpoolRange (canvas_sys.reg,
 											   canvas_sys.base + i);