---
name: "nwg-look"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nwg-look"
version: "1.0.2-1+b3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nwg-look"
---

# nwg-look(1)

GTK3 settings editor for wlroots environments like Sway.

## NAME

nwg-look - GTK3 settings editor for wlroots environments like Sway.

## SYNOPSIS

**nwg-look** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page describes nwg-look, a GTK3 settings editor designed to work properly in wlroots-based Wayland environments, such as Sway.  The look and feel is strongly influenced by LXAppearance, but nwg-look is intended to free the user from a few inconveniences: it works natively on Wayland, and it applies gsettings directly, so you don't need to add anything special to your Sway configuration.

## OPTIONS

- **-a**

  Apply stored gsettings and quit.

- **-d**

  Enable debug messages.

- **-r**

  Restore to default values and quit.

- **-v**

  Display version information.

- **-x**

  Export config files and quit.

## USAGE

With Sway, you don't need any special stuff in your Sway configuration file. This means you should remove any "gsettings" or "import-gsettings" directives from your Sway configuration.

## COMPATIBILITY

Some gsettings keys have no direct counterparts in Gtk.Settings.  While exporting the settings.ini file, nwg-look uses the most similar values:

| |
| --- |
| !.3rlns "" |
| !.3rlnx "" |
| delim off |
| delim on |
| *delim off* |
| delim on |
|
|
|  |
|  |
|  |
| delim on |
|  |
| .nr 3crow 0 |
| **gsettings**  **Gtk.Settings** |
| .nr 3brule 1 |
|  |
| .nr 3brule 0 |
| .nr 3crow 1 |
| font-hinting  gtk-xfg-hintstyle |
| .nr 3brule 1 |
|  |
| .nr 3brule 0 |
| .nr 3crow 2 |
| font-antialiasing  gtk-xft-antialias |
| .nr 3brule 1 |
|  |
| .nr 3brule 0 |
| .nr 3crow 3 |
| font-rgba-order  gtk-xft-rgba |
| .nr 3brule 1 |
| delim off |
| delim on |

Settings that no longer work include:

- •

  Toolbar style (deprecated since GTK 3.10)

- •

  Toolbar icon size (deprecated since GTK 3.10)

- •

  Show button images (deprecated since GTK 3.10)

- •

  Show menu images (deprecated since GTK 3.10)

- •

  Enable event sounds (does not seem to affect non-GNOME environments)

- •

  Enable input feedback sounds (does not seem to affect non-GNOME environments)

## SEE ALSO

https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-look