--- title: Add an inner shadow to a symbol image in SwiftUI | daily.dev description: SwiftUI allows applying an inner shadow to SF Symbol images using the foreground style modifier combined with `.shadow(.inner(...))`. This creates a cut-out... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/add-an-inner-shadow-to-a-symbol-image-in-swiftui-xsjq5ljzp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Add an inner shadow to a symbol image in SwiftUI | daily.dev og:description: SwiftUI allows applying an inner shadow to SF Symbol images using the foreground style modifier combined with `.shadow(.inner(...))`. This creates a cut-out... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/add-an-inner-shadow-to-a-symbol-image-in-swiftui-xsjq5ljzp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xSjQ5ljZp.png og:image:alt: Add an inner shadow to a symbol image in SwiftUI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Add an inner shadow to a symbol image in SwiftUI **[Nil Coalescing](https://daily.dev/sources/nilcoalescing)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SwiftUI allows applying an inner shadow to SF Symbol images using the foreground style modifier combined with `.shadow(.inner(...))`. This creates a cut-out icon effect where the symbol appears inset into its background. 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