---
name: "mate-appearance-properties"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mate-control-center"
version: "1.28.2-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mate-appearance-properties"
---

# mate-appearance-properties(1)

is a control center applet.

## NAME

mate-appearance-properties — is a control center applet.

## SYNOPSIS

**mate-appearance-properties** \[*OPTIONS*\]... \[*WALLPAPER*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

MATE Appearance Properties is a control center applet to edit appearance settings.

It allows one to change: GTK theme, window manager theme, icon theme, cursor theme, desktop background and font settings.

## OPTIONS

- **-i,** **--install-theme=***FILENAME*

  Specify the filename of a theme to install

- **-p,** **--show-page=***PAGE*

  Specify the name of the page to show (theme\|background\|fonts\|interface)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Stefano Karapetsas \<stefano@karapetsas.com\>.