World canvas sprite transform script

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Dear gods of Unity, how do I set the 3d position of a sprite on a world-space canvas with a c# script?

The canvas is for a cockpit display and the sprite and it’s position changes depending on the mode. There are too many modes for me to have a different canvas for each sprite and I can’t just set the position via the editor.

Ideally, I would like to have multiple sprites with different positions on 1 worldspace canvas. Please can you suggest a way of doing this?

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The Idea is to use arrays in order to change modes.
FIRST CREATE AN EMPTY GAMEOBJECT AND ASSIGN THIS CODE TO THE GAMEOBJECT.
STEP: 1 - Create the amount of sprites you need and group them in empty gameobjects.
STEP: 2 - Set the size of the array depending on the number of your modes.
STEP: 3 - Enter the gameobjects in the array.
STEP: 4 - Set the noOfModes int. Depending on your number of modes.

 public GameObject[] modes;//Holds all the modes.
    public int noOfModes = 4;//Enter the number of modes you need to have in your game.
    private int modeNumber = 0;//The current mode to active.
    
    // Use this for initialization
	void Start ()
    {
        modes[1].SetActive(false);//In case we have 4 modes we disable the last three modes leaving the first one active. Or modes[0].
        modes[2].SetActive(false);
        modes[3].SetActive(false);
    }
    
    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if(Input.GetKeyDown("space"))//Executes the command when the user pressed SPACEBAR.
        {
            ModeSwitch();
        }
    }
	
	void ModeSwitch ()
    {
        modes[modeNumber].SetActive(false);//Disables the current mode.
        modeNumber += 1;
        if(modeNumber > noOfModes)//If modeNumber exceeds the no. of modes the modeNumber comes back to 0.
        {
            modeNumber = 0;
        }
        modes[modeNumber].SetActive(true);//Enables the new mode.
	}

If it does not work for you let me know. Hope it helps.