elementary/settings-desktop

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Stars: 37
Forks: 24
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 39
Avg merge: 2d 20h
Merged PRs (30d): 5

Dominant language: Vala
License: GPL-3.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 11, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 15, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: good first issue

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39 open issues indexed

Text size spinbutton itself resizes and moves about while adjusting Open

Needs Design Priority: Wishlist

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

elementary/settings-desktop#498 · Opened Sep 21, 2026
Clicking on "System Settings" --> "Desktop" causes the interface to crash. Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

elementary/settings-desktop#487 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 27, 2026
io.elementary.settings crashes with "free(): invalid pointer" on startup Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

elementary/settings-desktop#486 · Opened Mar 18, 2026
Option to increase individual font size Open

Needs Design Priority: Wishlist

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

elementary/settings-desktop#484 · Opened Feb 26, 2026
Desktop settings plays Event Alerts sound on open Open

Good First Issue

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

elementary/settings-desktop#482 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 18, 2026
Desktop settings page opens slowly (~500ms) on fast hardware Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

elementary/settings-desktop#467 · Opened Dec 14, 2025
Enhancement: Turn “Reduce Motion” into an adjustable animation speed slider Open

Needs Design Priority: Wishlist

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

elementary/settings-desktop#458 · 6 comments · Opened Nov 2, 2025
Replace Gtk.Flowbox with Gtk.GridView for wallpapers Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

elementary/settings-desktop#457 · Opened Oct 1, 2025
Auto Changing Wallpaper Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

elementary/settings-desktop#391 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 20, 2024
No thumbnail for wallpapers without extension Open

Status: Confirmed

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

elementary/settings-desktop#374 · Opened Oct 25, 2023
Set -dark wallpaper if available Open

Needs Design

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

elementary/settings-desktop#357 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 24, 2023
Deleting selected wallpaper should automatically switch to solid color wallpaper Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

elementary/settings-desktop#318 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 5, 2022
Add built-in option to change title bar buttons Open

Needs Design Priority: Wishlist

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

elementary/settings-desktop#308 · 7 comments · 8 reactions · Opened May 25, 2022
Display and distinguish GNOME XML wallpaper collections Open

Priority: Wishlist Status: Confirmed

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

elementary/settings-desktop#296 · 4 reactions · Opened Oct 4, 2021
Blurry fonts due to lack of anti-aliasing options Open

Needs Design Status: Confirmed

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

elementary/settings-desktop#288 · 11 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 26, 2021
Visual representation of text and widget scaling Open

Needs Design Priority: Wishlist Status: Confirmed

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

elementary/settings-desktop#284 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 23, 2021
Load wallpapers in the UI asynchronously Open

Status: Confirmed

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

elementary/settings-desktop#281 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 4, 2021
Schedule background in line with dark mode schedule Open

Needs Design Priority: Wishlist Status: Confirmed

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

elementary/settings-desktop#261 · 1 comment · 9 reactions · Opened Mar 20, 2021
No backgrounds shown with system backgrounds dir has subdirectories Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

elementary/settings-desktop#246 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 12, 2020
Hot Corner: Add action "Lock & Suspend" Open

Priority: Wishlist

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

elementary/settings-desktop#198 · Opened Jan 13, 2020
Choose Wallpaper Folder and Rotate Through Wallpapers Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

elementary/settings-desktop#200 · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 8, 2019
Issue with Gdk.RGBA Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

elementary/settings-desktop#178 · Opened Jul 3, 2019
Restore minimize current window hotcorner in juno Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

elementary/settings-desktop#125 · 9 comments · 15 reactions · Opened Jul 4, 2018
Add "Show Shortcut Overlay" hotcorner Open

Good First Issue Priority: Wishlist Status: Blocked Status: Confirmed

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

elementary/settings-desktop#99 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 9, 2018
Add Panel tab with Indicator list Open

Needs Design

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

elementary/settings-desktop#96 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 4, 2018
Tile Wallpaper Open

Needs Design Priority: Wishlist Status: Design Conflict

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

elementary/settings-desktop#95 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 1, 2018
Wallpaper thumbnails show as blank/white Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

elementary/settings-desktop#43 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 14, 2017
Add "Show on screen keyboard" to hotcorner actions Open

Priority: Wishlist Status: Blocked

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

elementary/settings-desktop#35 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 14, 2017
Different background for every display Open

Priority: Wishlist

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

elementary/settings-desktop#33 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 14, 2017
Change lock screen wallpaper Open

Priority: Wishlist

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

elementary/settings-desktop#28 · 5 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Mar 14, 2017
Desktop > Wallpapers grid items should have Open With Open

Priority: Wishlist Status: Confirmed

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

elementary/settings-desktop#27 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 14, 2017
Desktop > Wallpapers grid should allow multiple selections at once Open

Priority: Wishlist

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

elementary/settings-desktop#26 · Opened Mar 14, 2017
Dock position Open

Priority: Wishlist Status: Blocked

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

elementary/settings-desktop#24 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 14, 2017
Show desktop on Wallpaper view Open

Priority: Wishlist

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

elementary/settings-desktop#23 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 14, 2017
wallpaper rotate shuffle timer Open

Priority: Wishlist

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

elementary/settings-desktop#22 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 14, 2017
use aspect ratio of display for wallpaper thumbs Open

Priority: Wishlist Status: Confirmed

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

elementary/settings-desktop#19 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 14, 2017
No option to add a modifier key to a hotcorner Open

Priority: Wishlist Status: Blocked

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

elementary/settings-desktop#18 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 14, 2017
Desktop Plug: update Wallpaper plug live Open

Priority: Wishlist

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

elementary/settings-desktop#17 · Opened Mar 14, 2017
don't show "span" for single display Open

Priority: Low

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

elementary/settings-desktop#9 · Opened Mar 14, 2017

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