NWG-LOOK(1)

📦 version 1.0.6, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💅 NWG-LOOK — like, the manual page, bestie

okay so you're here because of nwg-look(1), from the General Commands Manual section of your friendly neighbourhood man pages. sit down, grab a boba, we're doing this together 🧋✨

✨ NAME ✨

nwg-look — a GTK3 settings editor for wlroots environments like Sway. yes she's that girl 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

nwg-look [options]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so bestie, this page is all about nwg-look, a GTK3 settings editor built to actually work properly in wlroots-based Wayland environments, like Sway. no cap. 🔥

the look and feel is strongly influenced by LXAppearance (iykyk), but nwg-look is here to free you from a few inconveniences: it works natively on Wayland, and it applies gsettings directly, so you literally don't need to add anything special to your Sway configuration. the way that's a relief?? 😭🫶

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -a — apply the stored gsettings and then dip. quit. done. 💅
  • -d — turn on debug messages. she's telling you everything. 🙈
  • -r — restore everything back to default values and quit. factory reset core. ⭐
  • -v — display version information. who is she? 👑
  • -x — export config files and quit. packing her bags. 🎀

🌈 USAGE 🌈

with Sway, you do not need any special stuff in your Sway configuration file. periodt. 💅

which means: you should remove any gsettings or import-gsettings directives from your Sway configuration. like, take them out. bye. 👋

bestie this is the part people forget and then wonder why everything's weird. clean up those directives fr fr.

🧚 COMPATIBILITY 🧚

so here's the tea: some gsettings keys have no direct counterparts in Gtk.Settings. when nwg-look is exporting the settings.ini file, it uses the most similar values it can find. close enough energy. 🍓

settings that no longer work include:

  • Toolbar style (deprecated since GTK 3.10) 💀
  • Toolbar icon size (deprecated since GTK 3.10) 💀
  • Show button images (deprecated since GTK 3.10) 💀
  • Show menu images (deprecated since GTK 3.10) 💀
  • Enable event sounds (does not seem to affect non-GNOME environments) 😭
  • Enable input feedback sounds (does not seem to affect non-GNOME environments) 😭
ngl, that's a lot of deprecated. she's still serving though. ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

and that's the whole page!! mwah 💋

this lil masterpiece is from 2025-01-27, and yeah, it's filed under NWG-LOOK(1) — slay, stay gorgeous, and go theme your desktop 🌸💜

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