Parenting instantiated prefab breaks scale

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I have a canvas prefab (image with children) that is created on runtime.

frame = (GameObject)Instantiate(OverviewPrefab, position, Quaternion.identity);
OverviewList.Add(frame);
frame.transform.parent = InteractibleElements[7].transform;

position is a new Vector3 calculated on the fly, could be 0,0,0

If drag the prefab into the scene, outside of the canvas (screenspace - camera), it become really tiny.
If i then drag it inside the canvas, it gets scaled up to 489, which is roughly 80 times larger than it has to be. (original prefab scale is 1,1,1)
However if i drag the prefab from the project overview directly into the canvas, it shows up with a correct scale as designed.

The problem with my code is that i can’t find a way to instantiate a prefab directly into the canvas, and stuck with this weird scaling issue. (+offset and size)

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You’ll notice when you drag it directly into the canvas, the objects local scale changes (probably to something ridiculously tiny like 0.000024124). You need to use SetParent method to avoid this:

frame.transform.SetParent(InteractibleElements[7].transform);

http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.SetParent.html

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Thanks for the reply!.
How do view local scale? In the inspector window Rect Transform Scale stays 1,1,1 no matter where i place it.

The scale for the Main Canvas element however, is 0.002176… and cant be scaled manually

Edit: your solution worked when i set the second parameter from SetParent() to false

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