diff --git a/RNGL/GLCanvas.h b/RNGL/GLCanvas.h
index f53d3f8784a9f7ba89703a85e6d0e82ec0c19f20..a4ffb0038b17577a0cfcaaf690a67d2dbea5d278 100644
--- a/RNGL/GLCanvas.h
+++ b/RNGL/GLCanvas.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 @property (nonatomic) BOOL opaque;
 @property (nonatomic) BOOL autoRedraw;
 @property (nonatomic) BOOL eventsThrough;
+@property (nonatomic) BOOL visibleContent;
 @property (nonatomic) NSNumber *nbContentTextures;
 @property (nonatomic) NSNumber *renderId;
 @property (nonatomic) NSArray *imagesToPreload;
diff --git a/RNGL/GLCanvas.m b/RNGL/GLCanvas.m
index 25ecba7dcd4b97b17d368b7135032f750a04ec95..aa469413cbbdd1e080012eaab219c829d15c37f1 100644
--- a/RNGL/GLCanvas.m
+++ b/RNGL/GLCanvas.m
@@ -131,7 +131,20 @@ NSString* srcResource (id res)
 
 - (void)setEventsThrough:(BOOL)eventsThrough
 {
-  self.userInteractionEnabled = !eventsThrough;
+  _eventsThrough = eventsThrough;
+  [self updateUIE];
+}
+
+-(void)setVisibleContent:(BOOL)visibleContent
+{
+  _visibleContent = visibleContent;
+  [self updateUIE];
+}
+
+- (void) updateUIE
+{
+  self.userInteractionEnabled = !(_eventsThrough);
+  self.superview.userInteractionEnabled = !(_eventsThrough && !_visibleContent);
 }
 
 - (void)setData:(GLData *)data
diff --git a/RNGL/GLCanvasManager.m b/RNGL/GLCanvasManager.m
index 816409ca71190fc25ddb882839ec0f032f9f0e53..4c598f61f6638da626013999d2ca1eac9e736419 100644
--- a/RNGL/GLCanvasManager.m
+++ b/RNGL/GLCanvasManager.m
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(nbContentTextures, NSNumber);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(opaque, BOOL);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(autoRedraw, BOOL);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(eventsThrough, BOOL);
+RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(visibleContent, BOOL);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(data, GLData);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(renderId, NSNumber);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(imagesToPreload, NSArray);
diff --git a/src/View.js b/src/View.js
index 16e5e62936ab61501d551fd715c883968db87b69..99e2ba93d0f25702b699343f339bc98a33df1614 100644
--- a/src/View.js
+++ b/src/View.js
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ const {
 
 const GLCanvas = requireNativeComponent("GLCanvas", null);
 
-const renderVcontent = function (width, height, id, children, visibleContent) {
+const renderVcontent = function (width, height, id, children, { visibleContent }) {
   const childrenStyle = {
     position: "absolute",
-    top: visibleContent ? 0 : height,
+    top: visibleContent ? 0 : height, // as a workaround for RN, we offset the content so it is not visible but still can be rasterized
     left: 0,
     width: width,
     height: height,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const renderVGL = function (props) {
   />;
 };
 
-const renderVcontainer = function (width, height, contents, renderer, style) {
+const renderVcontainer = function ({ style, width, height }, contents, renderer) {
   const parentStyle = {
     position: "relative",
     ...style,