Monday, October 17, 2011

Move Window Buttons to Right in Ubuntu

Ubuntu 10.04 / 10.10 :

Step1: Press Alt+F2 to bring up the Run Application dialog box, enter “gconf-editor” in the text field, and click on Run.

Step2:  Click on the + button next to the “apps” folder, then beside “metacity” in the list of folders expanded for apps, and then click on the “general” folder.

Step3:  The button layout can be changed by changing the “button_layout” key and Change the text in the Value text field to:
                           
                                 menu:maximize,minimize,close

Ubuntu 11.04 / 11.10 : 

Run the following command on terminal :

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

Ubuntu 12.04 / 12.10 : 

Run the following command on terminal:
 
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences \ 
button-layout ':minimize,maximize,close'

Or, open dconf-editor and navigate to org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences, and then change the value of button layout to :minimize,maximize,close

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