Desktop backdrop colors

Johannes Lips johannes.lips at gmail.com
Mon Jan 19 18:54:42 CET 2026


On 14/01/2026 14:29, Cottrell, Allin wrote:
> I have my desktop backdrop set to a vertical color gradient, using
> custom colors. I'd now like to copy this configuration to another
> machine. Can anyone tell me where my color specifications are stored?
> I've poked around in ~/.config/xfce4/ but haven't found anything
> relevant. Thanks in advance.
Dear Allin,

I think it could be possible to see that in the Xfconf editor under the 
configuration keys of xfce4-desktop /backdrop/screen0/monitor0/workspace0.
At least I think that's where the configurations to the background of 
the desktop seems to be stored.

Best regards,
Johannes


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