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I have literally no light settings available. I have the same problem with material settings. Almost all of my material settings are gone also. It works fine on an older saved file. Also works fine if I create a new file. All light sources in this scene display ZERO settings such as color, power, radius. :(

What did I do to make them disappear? I have tried everything and searched to no avail. Unfortunately, none of the suggestions has fixed it so far.

I have also downloaded and reinstalled 2.81 with no difference.

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  • $\begingroup$ is it also a problem with other light types? What happens if you add a new light to the scene? What happens in a newly created file? $\endgroup$
    – Luciano
    Jan 22, 2020 at 9:22
  • $\begingroup$ Yes, this happens with all light types in the scene, both old ones and newly added ones. A new file works just fine though. All settings available. $\endgroup$
    – user87368
    Jan 22, 2020 at 22:29

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Actually you should check if you are using Workbench Render Engine, Because it does not support light properties.

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You need to use:

1- Eevee Render Engine

2- Cycles Render Engine

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That happens when you have hidden "layers" in an old version of Blender and open it with 2.8x. To show the items click the tv and camera-icons to make everything visible again.

See the second image, click the tv-screen and everything is visible again.

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  • $\begingroup$ Thanks, but unfortunately, this didn't work. That changes the visibility in the viewport not the visibility of the settings. $\endgroup$
    – user87368
    Jan 22, 2020 at 22:27
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Not a 100% on this, but blender deletes unused data, this might have happened to your sun enter image description here

Checking this dropdown might give you some extra info on what's happening.

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  • $\begingroup$ Thanks, All of my light sources appear in the dropdown. $\endgroup$
    – user87368
    Jan 22, 2020 at 22:28
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OK, I figured it out. It works fine in all modes except MODELING mode. UV editing, Layout, rendering, compositing modes, all work fine. This does not seem right. Is this a bug? Should I report it as a bug?

Could someone verify that this happens to them also?

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  • $\begingroup$ Can you share the Blend-file? $\endgroup$
    – Jaco
    Jan 23, 2020 at 10:12
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Finally, SOLVED, I still do not know what caused it, but I right clicked on the modeling tab, deleted it, and then added it back. Everything now works normally.

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I fixed this issue in version 2.93 by switching render engines. While using Workbench I was unable to view settings for objects and lights.

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