# Setting log level in cmake-ui

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/setting-log-level-in-cmake-ui/10693
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [April 19, 2024, 5:43am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/setting-log-level-in-cmake-ui/10693 "2024-04-19T05:43:32Z")
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### Author: ![codeling](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/codeling/32/1700_2.png) [@codeling](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/codeling)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2024, 5:43am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/setting-log-level-in-cmake-ui/10693/1 "2024-04-19T05:43:32Z")

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Is there a simpler way of setting the log level (what is changed via --log-level on the command line) in the GUI, other than manually adding the [`CMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL`](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL.html) variable?

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/setting-log-level-in-cmake-ui/10693/2 "2024-04-27T15:37:49Z")

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I don’t believe that the UI programs have toggles for that. Sounds like a reasonable [feature request](https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues) though.