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Chapter 3.2.2 Appearance
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Appearnce is a program that changes the theming of lxqt for a different visual look.
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Version
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Lubuntu ships with version 0.13.0 of appearance.
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Useage
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To change the useage Qt widget will change the buttons and tooblbars look on lubuntu in Qt applications. Check the checkbox :guilabel:`apply Set GTk` settings will apply native themes to GTk applications. The field for :guilabel:`GTK 2 Theme` will select a theme for GTK2 applications. The :guilabel:`GTK3 theme` field sets the theme with GTK3 applications. The checkbox :guilabel:`Activate on single click` has makes things you normally need two clicks for one click.
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.. image:: appearance.png
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The :guilabel:`icons theme tab` changes desktop icons on your computer and if you click on the icon theme which is previewed on horizontal rows. The icon theme is will change how all the icon look and how some button looks in other windows as well for like reset button as well. The :guilabel:`Colorize Icons based on widget style` will slightly change the background icons with the color of the background.
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.. image:: appearance-icon-theme.png
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The tab for :guilabel:`LXQt theme` lets you change how the panel and notifictions appear.
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The :guilabel:`Font` tab has settings for fonts. To change the font size that desktop applications use choose the font tab and use the point size and enter in the size you want or use the up and down arrows to increase or decrease font size respectively. To change the default font there is a drop down box for font name that you can type the font name you or select from the drop down menu. The checkbox for antialias and font hinting for fonts lets you also set antialiased fonts which are enabled for easier screen viewing. The DPI sets the resolution of your screen or dots per inch.
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.. image:: appearance-font.png
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The :guilabel:`cursor` tab has one option to change cursor theme lets you change how the cursor looks with two themes installed by default but more available in the package repositories.
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If you want to reset your changes you will need to click the :guilabel:`reset` button to revert your changes to how they were before.
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How to launch
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To launch appearnce in the menu :menuselection:`Preferences --> Lxqt settings --> appearance`. Another way is to press the Appearance button from LXQt configuration center or run
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.. code::
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lxqt-config-appearance
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from the command line.
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