diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
index 4bdab23f..6cb70b82 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
@@ -1549,6 +1549,18 @@ pub fn menu_bar(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     }
 }
 
+/// The entries of top-level menu `name` (the Effect menu is the Effect Controls panel's context
+/// menu); returns the chosen command and its params.
+pub(crate) fn menu_contents(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, name: &str) -> Option<(String, Value)> {
+    let mut clicked = None;
+    if let Some(MenuNode::Submenu { children, .. }) =
+        effectcraft_engine::menus::menu_bar().iter().find(|n| matches!(n, MenuNode::Submenu { label, .. } if label == name))
+    {
+        menu_nodes(app, ui, children, &mut clicked);
+    }
+    clicked.map(|(id, params)| (id, if params.is_null() { json!({}) } else { params }))
+}
+
 fn menu_nodes(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, nodes: &[MenuNode], clicked: &mut Option<(String, Value)>) {
     for n in nodes {
         match n {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/effect_controls.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/effect_controls.rs
index c579e8e9..27c034e8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/effect_controls.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/effect_controls.rs
@@ -1063,6 +1063,16 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, rect: Rect) {
             ctx.data_mut(|d| d.remove::<u64>(drag_id));
         }
     }
+    // Right-click anywhere a control has no menu of its own: the Effect menu, which applies to
+    // the selected layers (After Effects). Drawn after the rows, whose menus open first.
+    let menu_id = bg.id.with("effect-menu");
+    let open = ui.input(|i| i.pointer.secondary_clicked())
+        && ui.rect_contains_pointer(body)
+        && (!egui::Popup::is_any_open(&ctx) || egui::Popup::is_id_open(&ctx, menu_id));
+    egui::Popup::context_menu(&bg).id(menu_id).open_memory(open.then_some(egui::SetOpenCommand::Bool(true))).show(|ui| {
+        ui.set_min_width(200.0);
+        actions.extend(crate::menus::menu_contents(app, ui, "Effect"));
+    });
     ui.set_clip_rect(panel_clip);
     let content_h = y + scroll - body.min.y;
     scroll = scroll.min((content_h - body.height()).max(0.0));
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_effect_controls.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_effect_controls.rs
index 63fc4954..a31e9315 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_effect_controls.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_effect_controls.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use effectcraft_ui_egui::EffectcraftApp;
 use effectcraft_ui_egui::dock::PanelKind;
 use effectcraft_ui_egui::state::FxPick;
 use egui_kittest::Harness;
+use egui_kittest::kittest::Queryable;
 use serde_json::json;
 
 struct Ids {
@@ -269,3 +270,68 @@ fn angle_revolutions_scrub_and_take_typing() {
     type_into(&mut h, &format!("properties.prop.{rot}.revolutions"), "1");
     assert_eq!(rotation(&h), 360.0);
 }
+
+fn right_click(h: &mut Harness<'_, EffectcraftApp>, pos: egui::Pos2) {
+    h.event(egui::Event::PointerMoved(pos));
+    h.step();
+    h.event(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos, button: egui::PointerButton::Secondary, pressed: true, modifiers: Default::default() });
+    h.step();
+    h.event(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos, button: egui::PointerButton::Secondary, pressed: false, modifiers: Default::default() });
+    h.run_steps(2);
+}
+
+fn hover(h: &mut Harness<'_, EffectcraftApp>, pos: egui::Pos2) {
+    h.event(egui::Event::PointerMoved(pos));
+    h.run_steps(3);
+}
+
+/// #227: right-clicking Effect Controls where no control has a menu of its own shows the
+/// Effect menu (After Effects), which applies an effect to the selected layers; an effect's
+/// header keeps its own menu.
+#[test]
+fn right_click_in_effect_controls_shows_the_effect_menu() {
+    let mut s = Session::default();
+    s.execute("comp.new", json!({"name": "Main", "width": 320, "height": 180, "frameRate": 30, "duration": 4})).unwrap();
+    let a = s.execute("layer.newSolid", json!({"name": "A", "color": "#406080"})).unwrap()["layer"].as_u64().unwrap();
+    let b = s.execute("layer.newSolid", json!({"name": "B", "color": "#804060"})).unwrap()["layer"].as_u64().unwrap();
+    let fill = s.execute("effect.apply", json!({"layers": [b], "effect": "Fill"})).unwrap()["effects"][0].as_u64().unwrap();
+    s.state.selected_layers = vec![LayerId(b), LayerId(a)];
+    let mut app = EffectcraftApp::new(s);
+    app.show_panel(PanelKind::EffectControls);
+    let mut h = Harness::builder().with_size(egui::vec2(1600.0, 1000.0)).build_eframe(|_| app);
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    let category = " Blur & Sharpen ⏵";
+    // An effect's header: its own menu.
+    let header = rect_of(&h, &format!("effectControls.effect.{fill}")).center();
+    right_click(&mut h, header);
+    assert!(h.query_by_label("Duplicate").is_some(), "the effect's own menu");
+    assert!(h.query_by_label(category).is_none());
+    h.key_press(egui::Key::Escape);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    // A control without a menu (the header's Reset): the Effect menu.
+    let reset = rect_of(&h, &format!("effectControls.effect.{fill}.reset")).center();
+    right_click(&mut h, reset);
+    assert!(h.query_by_label(category).is_some());
+    assert_eq!(layer(&h.state().session, b).effects().map(|f| f.groups().count()), Some(1), "Reset didn't run");
+    h.key_press(egui::Key::Escape);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(h.query_by_label(category).is_none());
+    // The empty area below it: the Effect menu.
+    let panel = rect_of(&h, "panel.EffectControls");
+    right_click(&mut h, egui::pos2(panel.center().x, panel.max.y - 30.0));
+    let cat = h.query_by_label(category).expect("the Effect menu's categories").rect();
+    assert!(h.query_by_label_contains("Remove All").is_some(), "the whole Effect menu");
+    hover(&mut h, cat.center());
+    let at = h.query_by_label(" Gaussian Blur").expect("Blur & Sharpen ▸ Gaussian Blur").rect().center();
+    hover(&mut h, egui::pos2(at.x, cat.center().y));
+    for k in 1..=10 {
+        hover(&mut h, egui::pos2(at.x, cat.center().y + (at.y - cat.center().y) * k as f32 / 10.0));
+    }
+    click(&mut h, at);
+    let names = |h: &Harness<'_, EffectcraftApp>, l: u64| -> Vec<String> {
+        layer(&h.state().session, l).effects().map(|f| f.groups().map(|g| g.name.clone()).collect()).unwrap_or_default()
+    };
+    assert_eq!(names(&h, b), ["Fill", "Gaussian Blur"]);
+    assert_eq!(names(&h, a), ["Gaussian Blur"], "every selected layer gets it");
+    assert!(h.query_by_label(category).is_none(), "the menu closed");
+}