Gtk.Settings

Gtk4 API documentation | Gtk3 API documentation

In Gtk3, Gtk.Settings checks the following sources, in order:

• XSettings (mapping)

• The settings.ini

In Gtk4 prior to Gtk 4.22, Gtk.Settings checks the following sources, in order:

• If on X11, XSettings (mapping)

• If on Wayland:

  • The XDG Desktop Portal Settings portal

  • If the portal was inaccessible, from GSettings (dconf)

  • The mapping for both is the same

• The settings.ini

In Gtk 4.22, the GSettings fallback will be removed. However, most desktops will configure a fallback to xdg-desktop-portal-gtk, which will proxy the requests to GSettings.

Note that not all Gtk.Settings can be configured via XSettings or the Settings portal.