SLICKSDDM-CUSTOMIZE(1)

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✨ SLICKSDDM-CUSTOMIZE ✨

okay bestie, welcome to slicksddm-customize(1), a real user-commands situation, and honestly? it's giving "your fave theme has a whole personal assistant now" 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

slicksddm-customize — literally the manual page for slicksddm-customize 1.0.0, no cap ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

slicksddm-customize [OPTION]...

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so. it's an interactive customization tool for the slickSDDM theme 🎀 which means you get to change up your theme.conf settings without manually editing anything. no hand-editing era. we're in the wizard era now, bestie. obsessed.

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -i, --interactive — launches the interactive configuration wizard 🧚 main character entry point fr
  • -s, --set KEY=VALUE — sets one single configuration value, that's it, one (1) value, focused queen
  • -g, --get KEY — grabs the current value for a key so you can peek 👀
  • -l, --list — lists all your current configuration settings, the whole roster
  • -r, --reset — resets everything back to the default configuration. fresh start energy 🌈
  • --reset-section SEC — resets one specific section to defaults instead of the whole thing, surgical
  • -b, --backup — makes a backup of your current configuration 🫶 protect the vibe
  • --restore FILE — restores your configuration from a backup file
  • -t, --theme NAME — specify the theme name (default is ubuntu-budgie-login)
  • -d, --theme-dir DIR — specify the theme directory
  • --dry-run — shows you what would be changed without actually applying it. preview mode, iconic ✨
  • --no-backup — don't create the automatic backup. live dangerously I guess 🙈
  • -v, --verbose — enables verbose output, for when you simply must know everything
  • -h, --help — displays this help and exits
  • -V, --version — displays version information and exits

🎀 Interactive Mode 🎀

the interactive mode (-i) hands you a whole menu-driven interface so you can customize:

  • General settings (scale, animations)
  • Lock screen appearance
  • Login screen layout
  • Colors and fonts
  • Menu buttons and popups
  • Virtual keyboard
  • Tooltips

🍓 FILES 🍓

  • /usr/share/sddm/themes/ubuntu-budgie-login/theme.conf

the main theme configuration file — the one we're all here for 💖

  • ~/.config/sddm-theme-backups/

where the automatic backups get stored 🫶

  • /usr/share/doc/sddm-themes/CUSTOMIZATION.md

the complete customization reference, iykyk 📖

🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

  • launch the interactive configuration wizard:
slicksddm-customize -i
  • set the avatar border color to red:
slicksddm-customize --set "LoginScreen.LoginArea.Avatar/active-border-color=#ff0000"
  • enable per-user wallpapers from AccountsService:
slicksddm-customize --set "General/use-accounts-service-backgrounds=true"
  • display the current lock screen background:
slicksddm-customize --get "LockScreen/background"
  • list all color-related settings:
slicksddm-customize --list | grep color
  • create a timestamped backup of the current configuration:
slicksddm-customize --backup
  • reset the clock settings to defaults:
slicksddm-customize --reset-section "LockScreen.Clock"
  • preview a scale change for a different theme:
slicksddm-customize --theme custom-theme --dry-run --set "General/scale=1.5"

🔑 Configuration Keys 🔑

keys follow this format, bestie: Section/key or Section.Subsection/key

examples:

General/scale
General/use-accounts-service-backgrounds
LockScreen/background
LoginScreen.LoginArea.Avatar/shape
LoginScreen.MenuArea.Power/display

use --list to see all the available keys 💅

🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

found a bug? not the serve we wanted 😭 report it here:

Copyright © 2026 Ubuntu Budgie Developers

License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. (that last part is important, so like, read it again 🫶)

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

the full documentation for slicksddm-customize is maintained as a Texinfo manual. if the info and slicksddm-customize programs are properly installed at your site, then this command

info slicksddm-customize

should give you access to the complete manual. periodt 💅

and that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 this was slicksddm-customize 1.0.0 from March 2026, brought to you by the fine folks behind the slickSDDM user commands. slay, go customize something, and remember: back it up first 💖✨

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