How do i get "Effects" to show up in the Property Inspector?

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September 17, 2021
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Hi,

This might be a really silly question, but I cannot seem to find the Effects section of the Property Inspector in Adobe Xd in order to make inner shadows etc. Is there a specific way to make it show up?

I have multiple files open of various sizes, and I've tried selecting objects, text, groups, components....no matter what i select, there is no "Effects" section of the Property Inspector like the one that is shown in the folling tutorial:

https://helpx.adobe.com/xd/help/set-border-color-shadow.htm

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Spas K.

Community Expert

I can see there's a Shadow effect on your screenshot. The only thing seemingly missing is the inner shadow, as you already got Shadow and Background Blur. The current version of Xd is 43.0.12. Not really familiar with the whole Enterprise thing, I would assume it should get the same updates / versions as the other plans, no?

JustJozy

Participating Frequently

I am having this same issue! But I do not get any shadow option. There is no effects section. Help please!

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MarshallRMP

Participant

I thought this was the case too (didn't have the effects showing in properties while having a component selected) although I'm attaching a screenshot where I have selected the object in my layers panel and it still is not showing the effects panel. It also does not allow me to edit the radius of the corners, which seems like the same component-not-object issue.

So I'm comparing your screenshot to your description of the problem, and I think I see the confusion: you don't actually have an object selected right now, you have a group selected. A component is a type of group, not a type of object, and even if the component only consists of one object (a rectangle in this case) it still counts as a group. If you double-click on "nav btn-1" in the layers panel there, it should open up and let you select the rectangle itself (within the component), and then you'll be able to edit corner radius etc. Hope that helps!

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default1b2dau5tvm60Author

Participant

In the interst of giving a complete picture, I am on a 2017 Macbook Pro.

The version of Adobe Xd is 40.1.22.3 (It is an Enterprise version i am using for work if that makes any difference)

I'm also attaching a screen shot that shows an object on an artboard which is selected and the property inspector with no "Effects" panel/section.

Thanks!