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Move min/max/close buttons to the right side

August 13, 2010 by Igor Drobot Leave a Comment

With version 10.4 Ubuntu design team decided to move the “minimize/maximize/close” buttons to the left side. For everybody who do not like this and want their old buttons back on the right, follow the instructions.






Open to the “Terminal” or “Konsole” and run this:

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gconf-editor

gconf-editor

Now navigate to:

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apps => metacity => general

apps => metacity => general

And change the key button_layout from:

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maximize,minimize,close:

maximize,minimize,close:

to

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menu:minimize,maximize,close

menu:minimize,maximize,close





Even faster is this command you need to run in your terminal/shell:

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gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type string menu:minimize,maximize,close

gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type string menu:minimize,maximize,close

Filed Under: Linux, Ubuntu Tagged With: 10.04, GNOME, Lucid, Style, Ubuntu, ubuntu 10.10