Can't see shading in 3d view Everything shows up in render. (using blender 2.70a)



But in 3d view only the mesh shows, switching between wireframe &amp; solid only shows wireframe (or the option we get to change with "Z" key)

with wireframe viewport toggled


with solid viewport toggled


Only changing "maximum draw type" to solid or textured shows white shading but not the orange color I gave in materials.



New cubes show shading though.
I guess you expected the solid or textured mode not to be rendered partially transparent, This is because you're in Edit Mode and have toggled the Limit selection to visible option: