{"kind":"post","path":"/blog/elegant-sddm","post":{"metadata":{"title":"Elegant SDDM","summary":"Stripped the noise from Linux login screens. QML-based SDDM theme for KDE Plasma with clean typography, subtle animations, no visual clutter. Just type your password.","publishedAt":"2018-01-24","projectDate":"2018-01-24","ascent":"#1D99F3","github":"surajmandalcell/Elegant-sddm","tags":["linux","desktop","theming","qml"],"weight":0},"slug":"elegant-sddm","content":"Elegant SDDM is a **quiet Linux login theme** for KDE Plasma. QML defines the interface and its state changes.\n\n## Login Flow\n\nThe theme handles user, session, password, and power states. It also supports keyboard navigation and session icon detection.\n\nA soft background change and avatar glow show progress during sign-in. The SDDM greeter mode provides a direct test path.\n\n## Visual Proof\n\n\u003cimg src=\"/images/blog/sddm-theme/main.png\" alt=\"Elegant SDDM login screen with a dark blurred background\" /\u003e\n\n*The visual direction comes from `linuxdeepin/dde-session-ui`.*"}}