'\" t .\" Title: gnome-control-center .\" Author: Bastien Nocera .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot .\" Date: 02/19/2021 .\" Manual: User Commands .\" Source: GNOME .\" Language: English .\" .TH "GNOME\-CONTROL\-CENT" "1" "" "GNOME" "User Commands" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" gnome-control-center \- Configure GNOME settings .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'\fBgnome\-control\-center\ \fR\fB[OPTION...]\fR\fB\ \fR\fB[PANEL]\fR\fB\ \fR\fB[ARG...]\fR\ 'u \fBgnome\-control\-center \fR\fB[OPTION...]\fR\fB \fR\fB[PANEL]\fR\fB \fR\fB[ARG...]\fR .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP \fBgnome\-control\-center\fR is a graphical user interface to configure various aspects of GNOME\&. .PP When run without arguments, the shell displays the overview, which shows all available configuration panels\&. The overview allows to open individual panels by clicking on them\&. It also has a search entry to find panels by searching keywords\&. .PP It is also possible to specify a panel name as commandline argument to go directly to that panel\&. Individual panels may accept further arguments to specify which tab to open (for multi\-tabbed panels) or which item to display (for panels with lists)\&. .PP Note that \fBgnome\-control\-center\fR is not meant to expose each and every setting that is available\&. The settings that can be found here represent what is considered useful and commonly needed options\&. For more exotic or uncommon options, you can look at \fBgnome\-tweak\-tool\fR or the \fBgsettings\fR commandline utility\&. .SH "PANELS" .PP The following panel names can be specified: .PP \fBbackground\fR .RS 4 The background panel lets you set your desktop background\&. .RE .PP \fBbluetooth\fR .RS 4 The bluetooth panel lets you configure your computer\*(Aqs Bluetooth adapter, and pair the computer with Bluetooth keyboards, phones, etc\&. .RE .PP \fBcolor\fR .RS 4 The color panel can calibrate monitors, web cams and printers for accurate color reproduction\&. .RE .PP \fBdatetime\fR .RS 4 The datetime panel lets you set the timezone and time format\&. .sp Some operations in this panel affect all user accounts on the computer and require privieges\&. .RE .PP \fBdisplay\fR .RS 4 The display panel configures the resolution and arrangement of monitors and laptop panels\&. Note that monitors can be rearranged by drag\-and\-drop, and you can change which monitor is your main display by dragging the black bar\&. .RE .PP \fBinfo\-overview\fR .RS 4 The info\-overview panel shows a general overview of the system configuration\&. It also lets you change the default applications for various tasks and the handling of removable media\&. .RE .PP \fBkeyboard\fR .RS 4 The keyboard panel can change how the keyboard reacts to key presses and lets you change keyboard shortcuts or create custom shortcuts\&. .sp You can open this panel on a specific tab by passing \fBtyping\fR or \fBshortcuts\fR as extra argument\&. .RE .PP \fBmouse\fR .RS 4 The mouse panel can change how mice and touchpads react to user input\&. .RE .PP \fBnetwork\fR .RS 4 The network panel provides a view of available network devices (wired, wireless or mobile) and their current configuration\&. It also provides a way to create new VPN connections and configure proxy settings\&. .sp You can open this panel on a specific dialog by passing \fBcreate\-wifi\fR, \fBconnect\-hidden\-wifi\fR, \fBconnect\-3g\fR, \fBconnect\-8021x\-wifi\fR or \fBshow\-device\fR as extra argument\&. The last three parameters require an additional extra argument for the network object in the form \fI/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0\fR\&. .RE .PP \fBnotifications\fR .RS 4 The notifications panel provides a way to control the display of notifications\&. .RE .PP \fBonline\-accounts\fR .RS 4 The online\-accounts panel shows your configured online accounts and lets you add or remove accounts\&. .RE .PP \fBpower\fR .RS 4 The power panel shows the fill level of batteries and can configure what happens when the computer is idle or runs out of battery\&. .RE .PP \fBprinters\fR .RS 4 The printers panel shows all known printers and their status\&. It is possible to inspect queued print jobs and add new printers\&. .sp Some operations in this panel require privileges\&. .RE .PP \fBprivacy\fR .RS 4 The privacy panel allows to control visible file usage history, temporary files, and name\&. .RE .PP \fBregion\fR .RS 4 The region panel contains regional settings such as the display language, formatting for times, dates, numbers, and input sources\&. .RE .PP \fBsearch\fR .RS 4 The search panel controls the results visible in the overview, and the files and folders to be indexed\&. .RE .PP \fBscreen\fR .RS 4 The screen panel contains settings that control the screen brightness and screen lock behavior\&. .RE .PP \fBsharing\fR .RS 4 The sharing panel contains settings that control what is shared over the network\&. .RE .PP \fBsound\fR .RS 4 The sound panel shows all known sound devices and their configuration, including volume and balance settings\&. .sp You can open this panel on a specific tab by passing \fBoutput\fR, \fBinput\fR, \fBhardware\fR, \fBeffects\fR or \fBapplications\fR as extra argument\&. .RE .PP \fBuniversal\-access\fR .RS 4 The universal\-access panel contains settings for accessible technologies such as the screen reader, magnifier, screen keyboard and AccessX options\&. .RE .PP \fBuser\-accounts\fR .RS 4 The user\-accounts panel shows all user accounts that exist on the computer and allows to change them in some ways, such as changing the user name, password or permissions\&. It also allows to create or remove accounts\&. .sp Some operations in this panel require privileges\&. .RE .PP \fBwacom\fR .RS 4 the wacom panel shows connected Wacom graphics tablets and lets you calibrate and configure such devices\&. .RE .SH "OPTIONS" .PP \fB\-?\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR .RS 4 Prints a short help text and exits\&. .RE .PP \fB\-\-version\fR .RS 4 Prints the program version and exits\&. .RE .PP \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR .RS 4 Enables verbose mode\&. .RE .PP \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR .RS 4 Lists the available panels and exits\&. .RE .PP \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-overview\fR .RS 4 Opens the overview\&. .RE .PP \fB\-s\fR \fIterm\fR, \fB\-\-search\fR \fIterm\fR .RS 4 Sets the following search term\&. .RE .SH "EXIT STATUS" .PP On success 0 is returned, a non\-zero failure code otherwise\&. .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP \fBgsettings\fR(1)