The background-color property sets the background color.
The background-color property sets the background color to use when the background picture URI is missing or when it doesn't cover the whole background. It overrides the value defined in the default style sheet.
- Type: dconf
- Key: /com/ubuntu/login-screen/background-color
- Default: ''
Note: default system value is used for "Not Configured" and enforced if "Disabled".
Supported on Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, 22.10.
Supported on: Ubuntu
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Ubuntu\gdm\dconf\com\ubuntu\login-screen\background-color |
| Value Name | metaValues |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Enabled Value | {"20.04":{"empty":"''","meta":"s"},"22.04":{"empty":"''","meta":"s"},"22.10":{"empty":"''","meta":"s"},"all":{"empty":"''","meta":"s"}} |
| Disabled Value | {"20.04":{"meta":"s"},"22.04":{"meta":"s"},"22.10":{"meta":"s"},"all":{"meta":"s"}} |
The background-color property sets the background color.
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Ubuntu\gdm\dconf\com\ubuntu\login-screen\background-color |
| Value Name | all |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Default Value |
Override value for 22.10:| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Ubuntu\gdm\dconf\com\ubuntu\login-screen\background-color |
| Value Name | Override22.10 |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Default Value | false |
| True Value | true |
| False Value | false |
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Ubuntu\gdm\dconf\com\ubuntu\login-screen\background-color |
| Value Name | 22.10 |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Default Value | '' |
Override value for 22.04:| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Ubuntu\gdm\dconf\com\ubuntu\login-screen\background-color |
| Value Name | Override22.04 |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Default Value | false |
| True Value | true |
| False Value | false |
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Ubuntu\gdm\dconf\com\ubuntu\login-screen\background-color |
| Value Name | 22.04 |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Default Value | '' |
Override value for 20.04:| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Ubuntu\gdm\dconf\com\ubuntu\login-screen\background-color |
| Value Name | Override20.04 |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Default Value | false |
| True Value | true |
| False Value | false |
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Ubuntu\gdm\dconf\com\ubuntu\login-screen\background-color |
| Value Name | 20.04 |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Default Value | '' |
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