Window button location

Graham Watkins shellycat.gw at ntlworld.com
Sun Oct 16 08:51:34 UTC 2011


On 16/10/11 08:19, chris wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-10-16 at 01:18 -0400, Doug wrote:
>> On 10/16/2011 12:41 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>>> I seem to recall that there was a thread or two on the location of
>>> buttons on windows when 11.04 came out, for those of us who did not
>>> qualify for unity and were left in gnome.
>>> I've finally realized I'll never be at peace with buttons in the upper
>>> left, but I could not find the thread with a solution.  Or the
>>> solution got lost in all the noise, so I didn't notice.  Or, most
>>> likely of all, I'm compeletely incompetent at searching.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help me find it?
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
>>>
>> This url doesn't say what version it addresses, but since it's command
>> line, it might work regardless.
>> It's worth a try:
>>
>> http://semakness.blogspot.com/2011/05/ubuntu-tips-and-tricks-to-move-window.html
>>
>> --doug
> If you choose clearlooks as a theme then the buttons are back on the
> right side.
>
>
This page has helped me move the buttons to where I want them.

Although it refers to an earlier version of Ubuntu, I see no reason to 
suppose that it should not still work.

Cheers,

Graham





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