Change the appearance of your desktop

You can change the look of things that appear on the screen by setting the style preference to light or dark. You can choose an image or wallpaper as your desktop background.

Light or Dark Style

To switch between light and dark desktop styles:

  1. Open the Activities overview and start typing Appearance.

  2. Click Appearance to open the panel. The currently selected style is shown at the top surrounded by a blue border.

  3. Click to choose Light or Dark.

  4. The setting is applied immediately.

Fondo

To change the image used for your background:

  1. Open the Activities overview and start typing Appearance.

  2. Click Appearance to open the panel. The currently selected wallpaper is shown at the top in the preview for the current style.

  3. Hay dos formas de cambiar la imagen usada como fondo:

    • Click one of the background images which are shipped with the system.

      Algunos fondos de escritorio cambian a lo largo del día. Estos fondos tienen un un pequeño icono de un reloj en la esquina inferior derecha.

    • Click Add Picture… to use one of your own photos. By default, the Pictures folder will be opened, since most photo management applications store photos there.

  4. La configuración se aplicará inmediatamente.

    For another way to set one of your own photos as the background, right-click on the image file in Files and select Set as Wallpaper, or open the image file in Image Viewer, click the menu button in the titlebar and select Set as Wallpaper.

  5. Cambie a un área de trabajo vacía para ver el escritorio entero.