theme-switch

name	theme-switch
description	Apply Plasma look-and-feel packages, color schemes, icon themes, cursor themes, and Plasma styles via the plasma-apply-* CLI tools. Use when the user wants to script theme changes or switch between light/dark/custom presets.

Theme Switching

Plasma 6 ships dedicated CLI applicators — prefer these over editing kdeglobals directly.

Look-and-feel package (the "Global Theme")

Bundles colour scheme + Plasma style + icon theme + window deco + cursor + wallpaper.

# List installed
plasma-apply-lookandfeel --list

# Apply
plasma-apply-lookandfeel --apply org.kde.breezedark.desktop

Colour scheme only

plasma-apply-colorscheme BreezeDark
plasma-apply-colorscheme --list-schemes

Plasma style (widget chrome)

plasma-apply-desktoptheme breeze-dark
plasma-apply-desktoptheme --list-themes

Cursor theme

plasma-apply-cursortheme breeze_cursors
plasma-apply-cursortheme --list-themes

Wallpaper

Per-monitor via plasmashell scripting (see plasmoid-manage for the pattern). For a quick global swap:

plasma-apply-wallpaperimage /path/to/wallpaper.jpg

Icon theme

No dedicated applicator — write kdeglobals [Icons] Theme= via kwriteconfig-edit, then kbuildsycoca6 to refresh:

kwriteconfig6 --file kdeglobals --group Icons --key Theme "breeze-dark"
kbuildsycoca6

Notes

• Plasma 5 equivalents: lookandfeeltool -a <pkg>, no plasma-apply-* shortcuts.
• GTK app theming is handled separately by kde-gtk-config — check ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini.
• Theme presets and saved combos can be stored in ${CLAUDE_USER_DATA:-${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/claude-plugins}/kde-plasma/data/theme-presets/.