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Move Window Buttons to Right Side – Ubuntu 10.04
Posted on May 5th, 2010 5 commentsThe developers at Canonical decided to move the position of the minimize, maximize, and close buttons in Ubuntu 10.04. For most people like myself this is an unwelcome change. We are used to clicking in the top right to minimize/close windows.
Fortunately changing this back requires running only one line of code:
Open up terminal, or the run application box (Alt-F2), paste the following command in, and run it:
gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type string menu:minimize,maximize,closeThese changes should be instantaneous.
Moving Back to the Left Side:
If you ever want to change this back, all you have to do is run:
gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type string close,minimize,maximize:If you are wondering why this has been changed, see this post:
http://www.tuxguides.com/ubuntu-why-the-buttons-were-moved-in-10-04/4 responses to “Move Window Buttons to Right Side – Ubuntu 10.04”
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Thanks! Much easier then the other fix’s I found.
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thanks May 25th, 2010 at 20:56
I copied/pasted this into my console, as root, and my linux install is completely ruined. thanks
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Thanks very much, worked like a charm. Very easy fix, I was getting very frustrated by the change.
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Otaku June 29th, 2010 at 04:21
Thank you!
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yo May 6th, 2010 at 05:58