gnome-control-center - Man Page

gnome-control-center [OPTION...] [PANEL] [ARG...]

gnome-control-center is a graphical user interface to configure various aspects of GNOME.

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.

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).

Note that gnome-control-center 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 gnome-tweak-tool or the gsettings commandline utility.

The following panel names can be specified:

applications

The applications panel lets you configure application permissions and default applications.

background

The background panel lets you set your desktop background.

bluetooth

The bluetooth panel lets you configure your computer's Bluetooth adapter, and pair the computer with Bluetooth keyboards, phones, etc.

color

The color panel can calibrate monitors, web cams and printers for accurate color reproduction.

display

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.

keyboard

The keyboard panel can change how the keyboard reacts to key presses and lets you change keyboard shortcuts or create custom shortcuts.

You can open this panel on a specific tab by passing typing or shortcuts as extra argument.

mouse

The mouse panel can change how mice and touchpads react to user input.

multitasking

The multitasking panel lets you configure desktop features such as hot corners and workspaces.

network

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.

You can open this panel on a specific dialog by passing create-wifi, connect-hidden-wifi, connect-3g, connect-8021x-wifi or show-device as extra argument. The last three parameters require an additional extra argument for the network object in the form /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0.

notifications

The notifications panel provides a way to control the display of notifications.

online-accounts

The online-accounts panel shows your configured online accounts and lets you add or remove accounts.

power

The power panel shows the fill level of batteries and can configure what happens when the computer is idle or runs out of battery.

printers

The printers panel shows all known printers and their status. It is possible to inspect queued print jobs and add new printers.

Some operations in this panel require privileges.

privacy

The privacy panel allows to control visible file usage history, temporary files, and name.

search

The search panel controls the results visible in the overview, and the files and folders to be indexed.

sharing

The sharing panel contains settings that control what is shared over the network.

sound

The sound panel shows all known sound devices and their configuration, including volume and balance settings.

system

The system panel contains settings for the system, such as date and time, language and region, users, and about this computer.

universal-access

The universal-access panel contains settings for accessible technologies such as the screen reader, magnifier, screen keyboard and AccessX options.

wacom

the wacom panel shows connected Wacom graphics tablets and lets you calibrate and configure such devices.

wellbeing

The wellbeing panel allows you to configure usage limits and breaks.

wifi

The wifi panel lets you configure your Wi-Fi connections.

wwan

The wwan panel lets you configure your mobile broadband connections.

-?,  --help

Prints a short help text and exits.

--version

Prints the program version and exits.

-v,  --verbose

Enables verbose mode.

-l,  --list

Lists the available panels and exits.

-s term, --search term

Sets the following search term.

On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

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