13

Can I put the title bar buttons in Unity on the right side somehow, or is that impossible?

Jorge Castro
  • 70,934
  • 124
  • 466
  • 653
user541686
  • 4,097
  • 10
  • 34
  • 49
  • You can move buttons of the unmaximized Windows to the right side with command gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout ':minimize,maximize,close' But Window buttons in panel for maximized windows don't respect org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences like normal windows do :( See bug [1072755](http://launchpad.net/bugs/1072755) for more info. – Mantas Baltix Jun 06 '13 at 07:02
  • 1
    It's impossible right now. Our only chance is to vote on [this bug](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1622043). – Dan Dascalescu Sep 09 '16 at 23:17

6 Answers6

4

You do this using gsettings:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout ':minimize,maximize,close'

or gconf-editor which has more complicated instructions listed at:

http://handytutorial.com/move-window-buttons-to-right-in-ubuntu-12-10-12-04/

sligocki
  • 164
  • 1
  • 3
3

FWIW, hopefully this will save someone else who is googling this issue the time.. Ubuntu Tweak nor gconf-editor will fix this problem. Seems to be a known issue with Unity. Seems there is no solution in the works either.

Closest thing I saw to a somewhat resolution. Seems to be pawned off on Unity:

poolie
  • 9,161
  • 4
  • 38
  • 62
meegosh
  • 31
  • 1
2

impossible as of now, and most likely it will stay impossible, unless someone wants to write a nasty hack.

nerdy_kid
  • 985
  • 7
  • 12
1

Ubuntu Tweak can do that for you in the Windows Management Settings. You can get it at http://ubuntu-tweak.com

fragos
  • 3,465
  • 2
  • 21
  • 24
  • partially true, if using metacity then YES if using emerald then NO , you have to set it from the emerald manager – Uri Herrera May 21 '11 at 04:00
  • Ubuntu Tweak 0.0.7 [no longer has an option to change the location of the window controls](https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-tweak-tool/+bug/1309942/comments/8). It's also no longer maintained. – Dan Dascalescu Sep 09 '16 at 23:03
0

Configuration Editor > Apps > Metacity > General > Button layout edit key to minimize, maximize, close

Log out or type nautilus -q in a terminal to restart Nautilus. Also while, you're there, may as well check the boxes for Metacity to be composite manger and effects

Yi Jiang
  • 1,196
  • 1
  • 13
  • 28
Dewb
  • 41
  • 2
0

Moving min/max/close buttons back to right hand side for full screen windows

Look the last post. I could help you...

Community
  • 1
FTapia
  • 11
  • 2