System Settings

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System Settings

KDE system manager for hardware, software, and workspaces.

Features

System manager for global KDE platform settings
Customize and manage your desktop in one convenient location
Search function helps narrow down probable settings
Pointing at an icon displays a tooltip with more information about it

Search

When the keyboard focus is in the icon window, you can type the first few letters of any module name to select it.

System Settings has a search function to help in hunting down a setting. Simply type in a keyword in the Search field in the toolbar and System Settings will display modules that contain the keyword and hide those that don't.

You can also search for and open System Settings modules in KRunner.

Categories

Appearance

Look and Feel
	Customize Plasma in one click.
Workspace Theme
	Customize your plasma theme, cursor theme, and splash theme all from here.
Color
	Here you can choose which color scheme to use on the desktop and in applications. You can also tweak the settings for individual elements.
Font
	Configure which fonts you want to use in window bars, menus, and elsewhere.
Icons
	Here you can choose which icon theme to use for your workspace, and how large you want them to be.
Application Style
	Customize your systems widget style (button themes), window decorations (how your titlebars look), and how GNOME (GTK) applications look..

Workspace

Desktop Behavior
	Configure desktop effects such as window animations, transparency, or the desktop cube.
Windows Management
	Configure Kwin the KDE windows manager.
Shortcuts
	Configure keyboard shortcuts.
Startup and Shutdown
	Configure your system behavior when starting up or shutting down.
Search
	Settings for the desktop search engine and the file indexer.

Personalization

Acccount Details
	Manage users and configure password manager.
Regional Settings
	Configure language, time formats, date and more
Notifications
	Configure notifications.
Applications
	Configure default applications, file associations, and more.
Accessibility
	Settings to help users who have difficulty hearing audible cues, or who have difficulty using a keyboard.
Online Accounts
	Add your google, ownCloud or Twitter account, for a better integration.

Network

Connections
	Preferences for your network connections.
Settings
	Additional settings about your connection, Konqueror and SMB shares
Bluetooth
	Preference about Bluetooth.

Hardware

Input Devices
	Configure your keyboard, mouse and joystick.
Display and Monitor
	Configuration of your monitor(s) and screensaver settings.
Multimedia
	Configure the handling of audio CDs
Power Management
	Global settings for the power manager.
Printers
	Configure your printers to work with plasma.
Removable Storage
	Configure automatic handling of removable storage media and which actions are available when a new device is connected to your machine.