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<desc>Set an image, color, or gradient as your desktop background.</desc>
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<name>Shaun McCance</name>
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<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<name>Andre Klapper</name>
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<email>ak-47@gmx.net</email>
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<item><p>Click your name on the top bar and select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Open <gui>Background</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Select an image or color. The settings are applied immediately.
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<link xref="shell-workspaces-switch">Switch to an empty workspace</link>
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to view your entire desktop.</p></item>
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<p>There are three choices in the drop-down list on the left.</p>
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<item><p>Click the image of your current wallpaper in the center.</p></item>
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<item><p>There are three choices displayed on top:</p>
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<item><p>Select <gui>Wallpapers</gui> to use one of the many professional
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background images that ship with GNOME. Some wallpapers are partially
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transparent and allow a background color to show through. For these
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wallpapers, there will be a color selector button in the bottom-right
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<item><p>Select <gui>Pictures Folder</gui> to use one of your own photos
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<item><p>Select <gui>Pictures</gui> to use one of your own photos
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from your Pictures folder. Most photo management applications
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store photos there.</p></item>
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<item><p>Select <gui>Colors & Gradients</gui> to just
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use a flat color or a linear gradient. Color selector buttons will appear
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in the bottom right corner.</p></item>
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If you would like to use an image that is not in your Pictures folder,
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either use <app>Files</app> by right-clicking on the image file and
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selecting <gui>Set as Wallpaper</gui>, or <app>Image Viewer</app> by
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opening the image file and selecting
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<guiseq><gui>Image</gui><gui>Set as Desktop Background</gui></guiseq>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Select <gui>Colors</gui> to just
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use a flat color or a linear gradient.</p></item>
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<p>You can also browse for any picture on your computer by clicking
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the <gui>+</gui> button. Any picture you add this way will show up
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under <gui>Pictures Folder</gui>. You can remove it from the list
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by selecting it and clicking the <gui>-</gui> button. Removing a
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picture from the list will not delete the original file.</p>
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<item><p>The settings are applied immediately.</p></item>
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<item><p><link xref="shell-workspaces-switch">Switch to an empty workspace</link>
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to view your entire desktop.</p></item>