How change hyprland look

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Hi! im new to hyprland, and im curious about how to change wallpapers or “theme”?
also why it uses swaybg and not hyprpaper?

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I downloaded swaybg and in the hyprland config added exec-once=swaybg -i (basic starting wallpaper image with path). The -i sets the image. Pick a starting image with path.

I wrote a script with the following:

var=$(sort -R images.txt | head -n1) # the text file is a listing of images in a wallpaper folder — I do a sort so a random image will be called.

swaybg -i $var # swaybg with -i will display a background image on all outputs of your Wayland session. Again… - i sets the image in this case a random image ‘var’

Finally, I have a keybinding to the script. When the mood hits, I change the wallpaper with a CTRL + 1 or whatever keybind.

For theming GTK, use NWG-look. Gnome tweaks is OK too. For QT apps, try Kvantum and QT5settings QT6settings apps.

Hope this helps. I have hyprland on my three PCs. It’s the best. (BTW waypaper is outstanding too)