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ahmed hamed elsaid
Inspiring
March 22, 2026
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Adding Fills and Strokes in the Properties Panel!

  • March 22, 2026
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Property panel is great when dealing with complicated and nested shape layers.
But adding fills, strokes, rectangles, or modifiers like merge paths, offset paths needs you to go in the timeline.
It will be really easier if there was an ‘add’ bottom in the Properties panel, then what you choose to be added is added to the selected properties!

My Request:
Adding ‘Add’ button to the Properties panel for adding special shape groups like the one beside the ‘Content’ property group.

How it will help my workflow:
It is very helpful when dealing with complex shape layer and stylize them!

Upvote if you like the Idea!

Property panel


 

      3 replies

      othmanqw12
      othmanqw12
      Participating Frequently
      March 23, 2026

      it will be useful

      thepixelsmith
      Community Expert
      thepixelsmithCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 23, 2026

      Yes. This would be great

        R
        Community Expert
        Rick GerardCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        March 23, 2026

        Expand the Properties Panel, then click one of the shapes. All properties will be revealed:

         

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        ahmed hamed elsaidAuthor
        Inspiring
        March 23, 2026

        Did you read the idea?
        Also, it is probably my mistake, I should have typed, in the subject: “Adding (fills, strokes, offset path, extra) from the property panel”

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        Rick GerardCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        March 23, 2026

        Not sure about adding effects or properties from the Properties panel because it is designed to edit or modify the “properties” on the layer. Are you asking for a + button or another click to add effects or elements, such as strokes or fills, specifically inside this panel?

        Maybe a right-click or Ctrl/Cmnd click, or a tool like the VFX Console to bring up other things you can add to a layer, is a more efficient workflow, but it already exists. Personally, I prefer working in the timeline and using the VFX console with a simple key press and a couple of keystrokes to access effects, animation presets, and other tools. 

        Maybe simply adding a copy of the Add button already in the timeline to the Properties Panel would speed things up for some users. I just use the ‘uu’ shortcut on a layer to get there now.

        New Add button
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        Maybe eliminate “uu” to bring up these options:

        The way it is now

         

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