# Need Help With Krita Layers Thumbnail **URL:** \ **Category:** Basics & Interface\ **Created:** [January 28, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/need-help-with-krita-layers-thumbnail/113783 "2025-01-28T01:47:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Olivia\_Schwickerath](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/olivia_schwickerath/32/131155_2.png) [@Olivia\_Schwickerath](https://krita-artists.org/u/Olivia_Schwickerath)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/need-help-with-krita-layers-thumbnail/113783/1 "2025-01-28T01:47:04Z")
Hi, I’m new to Krita. So I have a question- how might I change the layer thumbnail image background (the little image that appears when I hover my cursor over a layer)? I don’t see anywhere I can do this, but the backgrounds of the thumbnail images are all black and so it’s difficult to see what I’m drawing on them. ---
**Author:** ![Katamaheen](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/katamaheen/32/123665_2.png) [@Katamaheen](https://krita-artists.org/u/Katamaheen)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/need-help-with-krita-layers-thumbnail/113783/2 "2025-01-28T14:28:46Z")
Welcome to the community, @Olivia_Schwickerath 😁 ~~Settings \> Configure Krita… \> Display \> Canvas Decoration.~~ ~~There you can change the checkerboard colors (and even the size) under Transparency Checkerboard. But don’t forget that it will also change the canvas’ checkerboard.~~ Oops, I misunderstood 😅 You can change the theme under Settings \> Themes or you can look for a plugin, like this one: > [@Plugin: Theme Creator Extension](https://krita-artists.org/t/plugin-theme-creator-extension/62953): > > Theme Creator: This plugin allows to create a basic version of a color Theme file, with (not completely accurate) previewing of it while choosing colors. Creating the theme by picking colors, and previewing their effect: The preview is inaccurate because it won’t update all widgets or properly reflect the colors for selected/disabled states, and it doesn’t account for special blending effects. The resulting exported theme’s actual appearance (after restarting Krita,… ---
**Author:** ![Olivia\_Schwickerath](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/olivia_schwickerath/32/131155_2.png) [@Olivia\_Schwickerath](https://krita-artists.org/u/Olivia_Schwickerath)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/need-help-with-krita-layers-thumbnail/113783/3 "2025-01-29T03:53:26Z")
Is there a way to change the color of the layers thumbnails without changing the color of the background? Not the canvas, but behind the layers panel and such. ---
**Author:** ![Katamaheen](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/katamaheen/32/123665_2.png) [@Katamaheen](https://krita-artists.org/u/Katamaheen)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/need-help-with-krita-layers-thumbnail/113783/4 "2025-01-29T08:05:40Z")
Sorry, can you take a screenshot and indicate what you want to change? ---
**Author:** ![Olivia\_Schwickerath](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/olivia_schwickerath/32/131155_2.png) [@Olivia\_Schwickerath](https://krita-artists.org/u/Olivia_Schwickerath)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/need-help-with-krita-layers-thumbnail/113783/5 "2025-01-29T19:46:01Z")
It won’t let me. Says the screenshot is too big. Basically, I want to change the little picture that pops up when you run your mouse over a layer but I’d like to not change the background behind the layers panel and stuff if I could. But, if not, I guess that’s fine ---
**Author:** ![Katamaheen](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/katamaheen/32/123665_2.png) [@Katamaheen](https://krita-artists.org/u/Katamaheen)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/need-help-with-krita-layers-thumbnail/113783/6 "2025-01-29T20:05:51Z")
Yeah, no… I tried the plugin again and the whole thing changes… I guess you tried it too, now that I read your second message again 😓 Maybe you could try to do that with coding? Sadly, I can’t help you with that, and I don’t think there’s another way. Sorry, I think I kind of wasted your time there ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Olivia\_Schwickerath](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/olivia_schwickerath/32/131155_2.png) [@Olivia\_Schwickerath](https://krita-artists.org/u/Olivia_Schwickerath)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/need-help-with-krita-layers-thumbnail/113783/7 "2025-01-29T21:54:41Z")
It’s okay, don’t worry about it. It’s not a big deal ---
**Author:** ![sooz](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/sooz/32/93244_2.png) [@sooz](https://krita-artists.org/u/sooz)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/need-help-with-krita-layers-thumbnail/113783/8 "2025-01-30T00:09:37Z")
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**Author:** ![system](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/1X/e446d8b3077ddf6dfb5b2cd65199c20095b47dcf.png) [@system](https://krita-artists.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/need-help-with-krita-layers-thumbnail/113783/9 "2025-03-01T00:10:22Z")
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