The controls setting for a theme determines the visual appearance of all windows, applications, panels, and panel applications. The controls setting also determines the visual appearance of the GNOME-compliant interface items that appear on windows, applications, panels, and panel applications such as menus, icons, and buttons. Some of the control options that are available in the desktop are designed for special accessibility needs.
Gai baten kontrol-ezarpenek leihoen, aplikazioen, panelen eta panel-aplikazioen itxura zehazten dute. Halaber, kontrol-ezarpenek leiho, aplikazio, panel eta panel-aplikazioetan agertzen diren interfaze-elementuen (GNOMErekin bateragarriak direnak) itxura ere zehazten dute, adibidez, menuak, ikonoak eta botoiak. Mahaigaineko kontrol-aukera batzuk erabilerraztasunaren behar berezietarako diseinatuta daude.