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user541686
Asked: 2011-05-21 17:19:02 +0800 CST

How do I move the Unity title bar buttons to the right side? [duplicate]

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

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  1. Best Answer

    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/

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  2. 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:

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

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

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  6. 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

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