I find it really surprising there is no option (that I can find) to set a picture as Desktop wallpaper in Gwenview. Any chance this could be included in the near future??
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Love ur desktop customisation. Is that even KDE?
How to setup this?
It’s kde allright. The way it’s normally done. An application style, a decoration style, some color scheme, some plasma theme, some icon theme and a wallpaper. In this case it’s Lighly application ( for most, some apps run in custom kvantum), Klassy window stuff, custom plasma, custom icons, some color scheme and some conky…KDE’s bling bling is well documented, although certain stuff takes a bit more searching I guess.
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A nice workaround:
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Right click on the image in Gwenview
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Click Open Containing Folder
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Right Click in Dolphin
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Set as Wallpaper
This is a version of dzon’s code that works in Kubuntu 26.04 (Resolute Raccoon):
1. Enter these commands in the terminal:
cd .local/share/applications/
vim Gebruikwall.desktop
2. Paste this:
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=
Exec=/usr/lib/qt6/bin/qdbus org.kde.plasmashell /PlasmaShell org.kde.PlasmaShell.evaluateScript ‘const allDesktops = desktopsForActivity(currentActivity()); for (var i=0; i<allDesktops.length; i++) { var d = allDesktops[i]; d.wallpaperPlugin=“org.kde.image”; d.currentConfigGroup = [“Wallpaper”, “org.kde.image”, “General”]; d.writeConfig(“Image”, “%u”) }’
Icon=
MimeType=image/jpeg; image/png; image/svg+xml; image/svg+xml-compressed; image/bmp; image/webp; image/tiff;
Name=Gebruikwall
NoDisplay=true
Path=
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-DBUS-ServiceName=
X-DBUS-StartupType=
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=
3. click Shift+Z+Z
4. Now, try opening any wallpaper in Gwenview
5. Right click on it, click Open With
6. Select Gebruikwall