| 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.
plasma-apply-lookandfeel --list
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/.
