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### 1. KDE Theme Manager: Installer

The KDE Theme Manager Installer dialog allows you to select the desktop Theme package you wish to install.

Installation of a Theme package customizes the appearance of your desktop by modifying some or all of the following:

- Colors and Wallpapers, panel appearance, sounds associated with events, standard icons, window appearance (borders, titlebar, buttons, etc.), file manager and konsole appearance, etc.

The column on the left lists the available Theme packages,

They include:

- global Themes in the system Themes directory `$KDEDIR/share/apps/kthememgr/Themes`
- local Themes in your personal Themes directory `~/.kde/share/apps/kthememgr/Themes`.

If a local Theme has the same name as a global theme, only the local Theme will appear in the list. If this local theme is deleted with the Remove button on the right, the corresponding global Theme will take its place.

- Note: Global Themes cannot be deleted; the Remove button changes its appearance to indicate that it is inactive when a global Theme is selected; this allows you to see whether a listed Theme is local or global.

The global ``Default'' Theme is the plain (themeless) KDE Desktop.

- Tip: if you have set up your Desktop the way you want it, but now wish to experiment with Themes, create your own local ``Default'' Theme with the Create Button (specify the new Theme name as ``Default'' in the dialog box that opens). Then you can recover your original Desktop configuration with the ``Default'' selection. Be sure to save your configuration this way before installing any Themes!

Click on a listed Theme to select it; its name will be highlighted and (if available) a picture showing its components will be displayed in the central box. Information about the Theme will be displayed in the lower box.

Clicking on Default will select the ``Default'' Theme.

- When you select a Theme package, its contents will be extracted and placed in your Theme Manager Work directory `~/.kde/share/apps/kthememgr/Work`. The previous contents of this directory will be deleted. You may modify the Theme by making changes to its components in the Work directory; if you wish to save these changes, do so before selecting another Theme, or quitting the Theme Manager.

After selecting a Theme, go to the next dialog (Contents) to choose which components of the selected Theme package to install. When you have made your choice, click on Apply to install the selected components, which will be copied from your Theme Manager Work directory. (If you have modified the Theme contents in the Work directory, you can see the effect of your changes in this way.)

To quit the Theme Manager, click on OK to install the current Theme selection and then exit, or click on Cancel to exit without installing a new Theme.

Theme packages can be imported, saved, exported, created, or deleted using the buttons at the right:

- Click on ``Add'' to import a new Theme package into your local Themes directory. You will be prompted for the name and location of the package, which must be a `gzip`-compressed `tar` archive.
- Click on ``Save'' to archive and save the current contents of the Work directory as a local Theme with the current Theme name. (This is the way to save changes made in the Work directory, or to make a local copy of a global Theme.)
- Click on ``Save as'' to archive and export the contents of your local Theme Manager Work directory without affecting the copy in your local Themes directory. You will be prompted for a location at which to save it.
- Click on ``Create'' to create a new local Theme package (and select it). You will be prompted for a name and description of the new Theme, which will be copy of your current Desktop configuration.
- Click on ``Remove'' to delete a local Theme. This button is inactive if a global Theme is selected.

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