Text box background

[TMWagner]

It appears that the only way to create a background under text is to create rectangular box, then place a text box on top of that...

That seems very cumbersome. 

Is it possible to create a single text box element and at least be able to change the color of that text box background?

[elainecc · Accepted solution]

We currently don't support this feature, but you should upvote this in UserVoice: Text box color properties – Adobe XD Feedback : Feature Requests & Bugs

-Elaine