XSETTINGS registry

This page lists the shared settings which are currently under the control of the XSETTINGS system. Desktop configuration interfaces should provide a way to set these.

Note that currently only GTK supports XSETTINGS, so the distinction between 'all desktops' and 'all GTK desktops' is currently irrelevant. The type and default value is given for each one.

Shared by all desktops

Net/DoubleClickTime

Maximum time allowed between two clicks for them to be considered a double click (in milliseconds)

                 * int 250 

Net/DoubleClickDistance

Maximum distance allowed between two clicks for them to be considered a double click (in pixels)

                 * int 5 

Net/DndDragThreshold

Number of pixels the cursor can move before dragging

                 * int 8 

Net/CursorBlink

Whether the cursor should blink

                 * bool True 

Net/CursorBlinkTime

Length of the cursor blink cycle, in milleseconds

                 * int 1200 

Net/ThemeName

Name of theme to use. This is a directory either in ~/.themes (except on Debian), or the 'system' theme directory, which depends on where GTK was installed. Basically, it could be anywhere. This should really use the base dir spec or something similar to locate the theme.

                 * string "Default" 

Net/IconThemeName

Name of icon theme to use for icons.

                 * string "hicolor" 

Xft settings

These settings can be shared by all Xft clients.

Xft/Antialias

Whether to antialias Xft fonts; 0no, 1yes, -1=default

                 * int -1 

Xft/Hinting

Whether to hint Xft fonts; 0no, 1yes, -1=default

                 * int -1 

Xft/HintStyle

What degree of hinting to use; "hintnone", "hintslight", "hintmedium", or "hintfull"

                 * string "hintnone" 

Xft/RGBA

Type of subpixel antialiasing; "none", "rgb", "bgr", "vrgb", "vbgr"

                 * string "none" 

Xft/DPI

Resolution for Xft, in 1024 * dots/inch. -1 to use default value

                 * int -1 

GTK only

These settings are only used by GTK desktops at present. Some way to share these should be found, or they should be moved out to some other system.

Gtk/CanChangeAccels

Whether menu accelerators can be changed by pressing a key over the menu item.

                 * bool False 

Gtk/ColorPalette

Palette to use in the color selector.

                 * string "black:white:gray50:red:purple:blue:light blue:green:yellow:orange:lavender:brown:goldenrod4:dodger blue:pink:light green:gray10:gray30:gray75:gray90" 

Gtk/FontName

Name of default font to use

                 * string "Sans 10" 

Gtk/IconSizes

List of icon sizes (gtk-menu16,16;gtk-button20,20...

                 * string NULL 

Gtk/KeyThemeName

Name of key theme RC file to load.

                 * string NULL 

Gtk/ToolbarStyle

Whether default toolbars have text only, text and icons, icons only, etc.

                 * enum {Icons, Text, Both, Both_Horiz} Both 

Gtk/ToolbarIconSize

Size of icons in default toolbars.

                 * enum LARGE_TOOLBAR 

Gtk/IMPreeditStyle

How to draw the input method preedit string.

                 * enum Callback 

Gtk/IMStatusStyle

How to draw the input method statusbar.

                 * enum Callback 

Gtk/MenuImages

Whether images should be shown in menus

                 * bool True 

Gtk/ButtonImages

Whether stock icons should be shown in buttons

                 * bool True 

Gtk/MenuBarAccel

The accelerator for moving the focus to the menubar

                 * string "F10" 

-- Main.?MatthiasClasen - 30 Aug 2004. Discussion of this specification should occur on xdg.