Package: gdm3
Version: 48.0-1
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-desk...@lists.debian.org
Tags: trixie sid
While reporting a separate bug about the Debian logo shown at the gdm
login prompt having poor contrast, I noticed that the accent colour
(org/gnome/desktop/interface/accent-color in dconf-editor, Appearance ->
Accent Colour in gnome-control-center) is one feature of the gdm login
prompt that we can easily tweak if we want to. Should we?
It's chosen from a limited palette of presets rather than being
arbitrarily configurable, but the "teal" and "slate" choices look
vaguely similar to the Ceratopsian theme. For example we could set up
the default /etc/gdm3/greeter.dconf-defaults to include these
uncommented lines:
[org/gnome/desktop/interface]
accent-color='teal'
This affects the highlights in the System and Accessibility menus (top
right corner), the highlight on today's date in the calendar, the focus
rectangle around the selected user, and the focus rectangle around other
active widgets like the password entry box, replacing the default
sky blue:
https://people.debian.org/~smcv/temp/2025/trixie-branding/teal-accent.png
smcv
